From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 22:37:08 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 6A31A16A41F; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:37:08 +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 B789843D60; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:37:06 +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 jANMatZA019391; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:36:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jANMar9Q019390; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:36:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:36:53 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Message-ID: <20051123223653.GA19327@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> <20051123194217.GC17696@thought.org> <20051123200505.GF908@eucla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051123200505.GF908@eucla.lemis.com> 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, Bartosz Fabianowski 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 22:37:08 -0000 On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 09:05:05PM +0100, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > 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. > I wish some EE and ME would design a mouse-pad with a slight tilt to steer the mouse; I think that would be a great improvment on the current scratch mousepad. Similarly with Thinkpad's tiny joystick. I've tried my wife's Dell l'top.... Agree that the Thinkpad's screen res is drawback; the 1920x1200 is a ++major. gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix