From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 24 14:28:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [208.164.68.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E7237BCFE for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:28:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA29514; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 12:24:52 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 12:24:52 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: Darryl Okahata Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? In-Reply-To: <200003242212.OAA17104@mina.sr.hp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Darryl Okahata wrote: > Ah, we need to remember that there is no such thing as a "best > laptop"; it makes about as much sense as the "best car". Everyone has > different needs and wants. For you and many others, weight is the most > important parameter. For me, "features/power" is most important, and > weight/size is somewhat secondary. My 7500 is almost 10 lbs (~4.5 kg); > I carry it around in a backpack, and the total weight (backpack, laptop, > and lots of junk) can be over 25 lbs (~11.3 kg). For some people, > that's an enormous weight, but I don't think it's too bad, and I'm NOT a > tall/big person (well, I am beginning to grow sideways, but that's > another matter ;-). That's true. Everyone has their needs and preferences. I guess maybe carrying it in a backpack is easier than carrying a backpack for college day life and then the ThinkPad 770Z which is 7 lbs inside the 5.6 lb case and being on a crowed bus. It's a little inconvenient since that's one of the reasons probably on why someone stole my wallet on a crowded bus exactly a week ago today since I had too many things to watch. > The sleek VAIOs are attractive, but the lack of a built-in CDROM > drive was what killed it for me. However, if you don't need a CDROM > drive, it's a great laptop. Never knew the VAIOs didn't have built-in CDROM drives. I always thought it did. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message