Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 23:29:57 -0000 (GMT) From: "Dmitry V. Kalashnikov" <dvk@qwest.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org, "Dmitry V . Kalashnikov" <dvk@toolbuilders.com> Subject: Re: My perfect laptop! Message-ID: <XFMail.20010507232957.dvk@qwest.net> In-Reply-To: <20010504152707.U73572@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On 04-May-2001 Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 2 May 2001 at 20:41:48 -0700, Dmitry V . Kalashnikov wrote: >> Hello, >> >> After much pain and suffering from my qwest to find a perfect FreeBSD >> laptop, >> I decided to ask mobile for some help: >> >> I am looking for a laptop that has following specs: >> >> * 13.3 TFT,1024x768 (16bpp) or better >> * 16-bit sound >> * Video RAM: 8+ Mb >> * working modem (non-winmodem) >> * 500+ Mhz CPU >> * up to 256MB RAM or more >> * 10+ Gb HDD or more >> * with an option of DVD drive >> >> I don't care how much it costs. If you know the manufacturer that makes a >> laptop close to these figures, please let me know. > > Modulo the modem, you can take your pick of just about any modern > laptop. When you consider that a PCMCIA modem costs about $30, I > wouldn't restrict my search based on that criterion. Thanks Greg, I think I need to get out more often. Nah, the thing is, most modern laptops do have weird video cards and "unknown" sound cards. I am afraid, the quest for a perfect laptop is a little harder than going to a local computer store; however, it doesn't have to be all that perfect. What are you using? > > Greg > -- > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Dmitry V. Kalashnikov <dvk@qwest.net> Date: 07-May-2001 Time: 23:26:12 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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