From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 11:05:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F71E16A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:05:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5655A43D46 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:05:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper [212.12.50.230]) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.12.10/8.11.1) with ESMTP id i06J5tEi061982; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:05:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i06J5tVY061981; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:05:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:05:55 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer To: "\"Alejandro 'lanjoe9' Valenzuela\"" Message-ID: <20040106140555.A61833@cons.org> References: <3ff9ec61.10c.535a.5551@prodigy.net.mx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3ff9ec61.10c.535a.5551@prodigy.net.mx>; from lanjoe9@Prodigy.Net.MX on Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 04:59:45PM -0500 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Medium to High end notebook/laptop suitable for FBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:05:59 -0000 "Alejandro 'lanjoe9' Valenzuela" wrote on Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 04:59:45PM -0500: > I just noticed on the freebsd.org main page, that e-racks > sells FreeBSD and Linux-Ready laptops and desktops, they've > got some centrino and pIV ones, and they looked reasonably > priced. > > http://eracks.com/products/Laptops The Pentium-4 machines don't mention being Mobile CPUs, they might be desktop ones. At least the centrino model lacks a scroll help. For both models, if you upgrade it to the usual standard of DVD/CD-RW, 40 GB harddisk and comparable CPU to other offerings you come out more expensive even without the Windoze license. They don't have a moderate 3-year warranty, either the almost useless one or a full-blown thing for $750. Detail mess like this made me bail out of getting myself a notebook as a christmas present. Short of $2000 I didn't find anything without a major nitpick. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ No warranty. This email is probably produced by one of my cats stepping on the keys. No, I don't have an infinite number of cats.