From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue May 8 0:51:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from spknpop1.spkn.uswest.net (spknpop1.spkn.uswest.net [207.108.48.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1EB2137B422 for ; Tue, 8 May 2001 00:51:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dvk@qwest.net) Received: (qmail 93180 invoked by uid 0); 8 May 2001 07:50:59 -0000 Received: from hdslppp33.spkn.uswest.net (HELO cyberian.localdomain) (63.224.223.33) by spknpop1.spkn.uswest.net with SMTP; 8 May 2001 07:50:59 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.6-3 on OpenBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20010504152707.U73572@wantadilla.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 23:29:57 -0000 (GMT) From: "Dmitry V. Kalashnikov" To: Greg Lehey Subject: Re: My perfect laptop! Cc: mobile@freebsd.org, "Dmitry V . Kalashnikov" Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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