Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 10:02:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg@rpi.edu> To: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new notebook Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.96.1000502095804.104136A-100000@cortez.sss.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <15557.957275750@raven.ravenbrook.com>
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On Tue, 2 May 2000, Nick Barnes wrote: > I'm buying a new notebook to run FreeBSD. Probably somewhere in the > $2000-$3500 range. It has to be dockable and I would like it to be > fairly lightweight. I don't need a zillion peripherals. I want to > avoid spending ages configuring Xfree86. > > Recommendations? i'm currently using a dell inspiron 3800 with no real problems. XFree86 4.0 works perfectly, and it's a really nice machine. Note that sound is not yet supported. Also, i haven't yet gotten PCCARD ethernet running, but that's just becuase my card isn't currently supported (Xircom 10/100, i bought it separate, so i don't know if the card they bundle would work or not). I imagine that if i had a supported card it wouldn't be a problem betting it working. APM works fine. Don't know if it's dockable or not, but i imagine it probably is. Can't think of any real problems with the machine. I spent about 2000, for a pentium III 500, 64 Megs of Ram, and a 4.8 gig hard drive. If i had it to do again i might get more ram, just so Quake 3 would run smoother under windows. -garrett x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | rooneg@rpi.edu garrett rooney | | http://www.rpi.edu/~rooneg unix geek | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | unrequited love is neat because it lasts so much longer - w. t. c. | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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