From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 19:42:33 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 9F08B16A41F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:42:33 +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 5F70443D79 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:42:22 +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 jANJgHxN018023; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:42:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jANJgHic018022; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:42:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:42:17 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Bartosz Fabianowski Message-ID: <20051123194217.GC17696@thought.org> References: <4383C20E.20509@shaw.ca> <200511231238.06590.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20051123105730.GA29369@laverenz.de> <20051123185909.GA17696@thought.org> <4384C0AB.103@chillt.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4384C0AB.103@chillt.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 Cc: Gary Kline , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 19:42:33 -0000 On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 08:19:07PM +0100, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: > >Or, can the touch pads be disabled in the bios? > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8600C, which only has a touch pad. *But* its > immediate predecessor, the 8600, had a track pad and one of those little > pink joysticks (what are they called anyway?) and I know for a fact that > the keyboard and wrist rest in the 8600C can be swapped for the 8600 > model, which is often available cheaply on eBay. So, you could get a > reasonably new 8600C (they were only replaced by the 6000 line a couple > of months ago) and add the stick you like for a couple bucks. But I > think that the touch pad will still be enabled - unless you cut a couple > of wires, which shouldn't matter much because in case of a warranty > return, you can swap back in the original keyboard and wrist rest, so > nobody at Dell will see the cut wires :). > > Of course, this is not a Thinkpad clone, but it is a very good laptop > nonetheless (especially the awesome 15.4" 1920x1200 screen). > That is *outsanding* resolution!!! I'm looking at some real good deals on ebay ... think I'll check the Thinkpads. See if they've come down. Like to find another one without XBill's stuff. thanks! gary > - Bartosz -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix