From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Nov 6 14:58:24 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 3080537B404 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:58:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail19a.dulles19-verio.com (mail19a.dulles19-verio.com [161.58.134.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C10443E42 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:58:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rob@pythonemproject.com) Received: from www.pythonemproject.com (198.104.176.109) by mail19a.dulles19-verio.com (RS ver 1.0.63s) with SMTP id 089103 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:58:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3DC99B6A.AC33D961@pythonemproject.com> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 14:44:58 -0800 From: Rob X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop short list - and the winner is! References: <1036608697.93700.26.camel@netcom1.netcom.com> <3DC97F12.45A5359F@tel.fer.hr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop-Detect: 1 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 If you don't care about size and weight, the Dell 8200 is a winner. 2Ghz P4, 500meg DDR, 5400rpm HD. It kicks ass! Rob. Zec wrote: > > 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 -- ----------------------------- The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message