From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 20:05:05 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 D3EC016A427 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:05:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from ext-gw.lemis.com (ext-gw.lemis.com [150.101.14.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA67B43D55 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:05:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by ext-gw.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84422131BC9; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:35:01 +1030 (CST) Received: from eucla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.135]) by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0ECA8503F; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:35:00 +1030 (CST) Received: by eucla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 3405D86C9F; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:05:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:05:05 +0100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20051123200505.GF908@eucla.lemis.com> References: <4383C20E.20509@shaw.ca> <200511231238.06590.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20051123105730.GA29369@laverenz.de> <20051123185909.GA17696@thought.org> <4384C0AB.103@chillt.de> <20051123194217.GC17696@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051123194217.GC17696@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Cc: Bartosz Fabianowski , 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 20:05:05 -0000 On Wednesday, 23 November 2005 at 11:42:17 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > 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. ... >> >> 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. This is one of the reasons I use Dell (the other is that I prefer them to ThinkPads, the only other machines that support this resolution). My machine has the 1920x1200 screen. It's so much better than the standard 1024x768 that you have to see it to understand. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers