From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Nov 6 12:44:28 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 59CD437B401 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:44:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from inje.iskon.hr (inje.iskon.hr [213.191.128.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 156B843E77 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:44:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zec@tel.fer.hr) Received: from tel.fer.hr (zg06-039.dialin.iskon.hr [213.191.148.40]) by mail.iskon.hr (8.11.4/8.11.4/Iskon 8.11.3-1) with ESMTP id gA6KhSm21173; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 21:43:29 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <3DC97F12.45A5359F@tel.fer.hr> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 21:44:02 +0100 From: Marko Zec X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mvh@welkyn.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop short list - and the winner is! References: <1036608697.93700.26.camel@netcom1.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Mike Harding wrote: > It looks like I'll get a IBM thinkpad T30. I thank the list for the > input! There were a few things that pushed it towards the T30... > > - It's supposed to be physically robust, for lots of travel. I have > heard things about Dells, etc. have problems with the hinges. > - It's has a serial port, which I occasionally need to bootstrap systems > (even my desktop FreeBSD box when X locks up) I would otherwise > probably get an X series. I recently purchased a nice X30, together with an el cheapo USB to RS232 adapter (for something like $25 or so) for the same reasons. I love the box, it's lightweight, the battery lasts *really* around 4.5 hours, and the 12'1 display is just the right size for 1024x768 resolution. If only RS232 port is an issue, buy an adapter and go with X30. Marko To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message