From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 18:59:23 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54F8816A41F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:59:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB79343D4C for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:59:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jANIxA6j017771 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:59:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jANIxAB0017770 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:59:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:59:09 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20051123185909.GA17696@thought.org> References: <4383C20E.20509@shaw.ca> <200511231238.06590.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20051123105730.GA29369@laverenz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051123105730.GA29369@laverenz.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community Subject: Re: Laptop choices X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:59:23 -0000 On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:57:30AM +0100, Uwe Laverenz wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 12:38:05PM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > I'd say the Dell's video is more likely to work (even 3d). > > The graphics work perfectly on my Thinkpad R51 (Radeon 9000), > including 3D acceleration/dri. There are different R51 models with > different graphic chipsets available IIRC. > Not to hijack this thread, but I'm looking for a newer laptop (a newer, faster ThinkPad, probably). There are ' some seriously cheap laptops "on-sale", but they would probably be a bad choice because they have those touch/scratch mouse-pad things that I can't use. So:: does anybody know of a ThinkPad clone? Or, can the touch pads be disabled in the bios? thanks for any clues, guys, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix