From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Nov 6 11:10:56 2002 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 69CFD37B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:10:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from pgh.nepinc.com (pgh.nepinc.com [66.207.129.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AE8A43E4A for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:10:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jimd@nepinc.com) Received: from jimslaptop.pgh.nepinc.com (jimslaptop.pitt.nepinc.com [192.100.100.107]) by pgh.nepinc.com (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id gA6JAok03819 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:10:51 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jimd@nepinc.com) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jim Durham Reply-To: jimd@nepinc.com Organization: NEP Supershooters To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop 'short list'? Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:10:46 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20021105144719.ADE431310B@netcom1.netcom.com> <200211060032270656.A87AD5A0@smtp.myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: <200211060032270656.A87AD5A0@smtp.myrealbox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200211061410.46796.jimd@nepinc.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >I don't currently have a laptop, but I need to get one soon. I'll > >probably be running XP/FreeBSD dual boot. I haven't found much into > >on the web, sorry about bothering the list. Had a few questions: > > > >- What are some good laptops for FreeBSD? By this I mean > > - installs > > - suspend and resume work (or whatever power functions, I don't know > > if suspend to disk is supported) > > - 3d Video is supported (maybe) meaning non-nvidia, right? > > - The ultra-lightweights have some appeal to me, I don't know that > > I'm looking to replace my desktop, so the really small laptops > > seem nice, unless they're not usable for extended periods because > > of a small screen or keyboard. > > I'm happy with my Dell Inspiron 4000. I have KDE running, also Openoffice= ,=20 Gimp, Audacity, jpilot, etc. I can't speak about suspend or 3d. It's not = a=20 lightweight. -Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message