From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 14 10:46:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA16916 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 10:46:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from merit.edu (merit.edu [35.1.1.42]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA16911; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 10:46:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ohm.merit.edu (ohm.merit.edu [198.108.60.65]) by merit.edu (8.7.5/merit-2.0) with ESMTP id NAA05128; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:46:16 -0400 (EDT) From: William Bulley Received: (web@localhost) by ohm.merit.edu (8.6.9/8.6.5) id NAA19236; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:56:42 -0400 Message-Id: <199608141756.NAA19236@ohm.merit.edu> Subject: Re: Can somebody recommend a notebook? To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:56:41 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199608141644.KAA27532@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Aug 14, 96 10:44:20 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Nate Williams: > > > > I need to get a notebook here at work. Can anybody recommend something. > > > Additionally, has anybody tried to install FreeBSD on one of the newer > > > DIGITAL HiNote Notebooks? They do look good. > > > > I can strongly recomment the new Sharp PC9000 units; I've had one for > > several months now and am very happy with it. > > Also, the newer NEC Versa 4000 models are *highly* regarded, and came > out on top in a recent Dr. Dobbs article (above even the ThinkPads which > I consider to be one of the best built laptops on the market). They are > also known to work with FreeBSD in all respects, although I don't know > if anyone has the newest model workin in 1024x768 mode. Mine works > great at 800x600. > > I have the older model, but I have reports of people running FreeBSD on > the newer models which have built-in CD, sound-card, APM, PCCARD, etc.. > > And, one more bonus is that I'm doing most of the laptop support, and my > main box is a NEC Versa so you're almost guaranteed that FreeBSD will > support the NEC first-thing. :) > > The only drawback is it's a heavy beast. Mine goes 9+ lbs., but if > you're looking for a machine that can double as your desktop box (with > an external keyboard and monitor) it can't be beat. We have a GateWay 2000 Solo 90 which is a very nice unit. It is currently running 2.1REL because I haven't had time to upgrade... Regards, web... -- William Bulley, N8NXN Senior Systems Research Programmer Merit Network Inc. Domain: web@merit.edu 4251 Plymouth Road MaBell: (313) 764-9993 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2785 Fax: (313) 747-3185