From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 9 14:46:56 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 AD71C16A419 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwilde@sandia.gov) Received: from sentry.sandia.gov (mm04snlnto.sandia.gov [132.175.109.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E5B743D97 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 14:46:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwilde@sandia.gov) Received: from 132.175.109.1 by sentry.sandia.gov with ESMTP (Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay 01 (Email Firewall v6.2.2)); Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:46:39 -0600 X-Server-Uuid: 4A6F66F3-3BA9-40FF-AC33-461A8279D6D5 Received: from ES23SNLNT.srn.sandia.gov (ec04snlnt.sandia.gov [134.253.164.156] (may be forged)) by mailgate.sandia.gov ( 8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k59Ekc3n020308 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:46:38 -0600 (MDT) Received: from ES20SNLNT.srn.sandia.gov ([134.253.164.29]) by ES23SNLNT.srn.sandia.gov with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:46:38 -0600 x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:46:37 -0600 Message-ID: <040DF00BF960A24897B5B3EFBE63FE8A025DEA84@ES20SNLNT.srn.sandia.gov> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: New or used laptop recommendation(s) Thread-Index: AcaLz8F7omTvLeKPQaGsGrOL0v4vNAAAtcrA From: "Wilde, Donald" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jun 2006 14:46:38.0524 (UTC) FILETIME=[83620FC0:01C68BD3] X-TMWD-Spam-Summary: TS=20060609144639; SEV=2.0.2; DFV=A2006060905; IFV=2.0.4,4.0-8; RPD=4.00.0004; ENG=IBF; RPDID=NA; CAT=NONE; CON=NONE X-MMS-Spam-Filter-ID: A2006060905_4.00.0004_4.0-8 X-WSS-ID: 6897564527K5041944-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 14:46:56 -0000 Eric Brunner-Williams at a VSAT somewhere wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I've gone through a couple of Sony's, don't want to repeat that, and=20 > I'm looking for suggestions. >=20 DSW> Dell Inspiron 6000 here, with the ATI X300 (optional) and the Ultra Wide graphics display. Runs RELENG_6 quite happily, although I haven't sorted out all the suspend-resume stuff and power-save yet. Very happy with the system, nice and solid, good keyboard, fair price ($1100 through small biz rep). Does use juice; recommend the extra-life battery option.=20 Hardest problem so far was prying off the little Windows sticker thingie... Successfully replaced with Daemon. :D -- Don Wilde Org 01737 505-844-1126 "If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing." -- John Brunner, "The Shockwave Rider"