From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 9 14:19:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org 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 9300216A418 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:19:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16AD43D80 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:19:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k59EJGhv090795; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:19:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <4489836D.6020302@centtech.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:19:25 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060506) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Brunner-Williams at a VSAT somewhere References: <200606091328.k59DSThD012167@nic-naa.net> In-Reply-To: <200606091328.k59DSThD012167@nic-naa.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1523/Fri Jun 9 02:10:10 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New or used laptop recommendation(s) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:19:21 -0000 Eric Brunner-Williams at a VSAT somewhere wrote: > Hi, > > I've gone through a couple of Sony's, don't want to repeat that, and I'm > looking for suggestions. > > I've a critical app running on some RELENG_6 boxen, and because I'm almost > always either off-grid and power limited, or simply down-link of a VSAT, > with the latency/bandwidth limitations that imposes, I need to run RELENG_6, > to mirror my distant (back in Maine) apps running on my 1U set. > > The IBM t41 (Randy)? Dell laptoppen? > > Cluebat to forehead please, I'll summarize, etc., and thanks in advance, > Eric I've used many Dells (and a Sony or two), and I can say that I'm very happy with the Dells. They are fairly durable, almost completely supported (resuming is broken, and some of the newer high definition audio isn't yet supported, but pretty much everything else is ok). I currently have a Latitude D820 (with the wuxga screen), and it's awesome. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------