From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Dec 17 21:31:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA19666 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:31:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from mail-gw.pacbell.net (mail-gw.pacbell.net [206.13.28.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA19659 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:31:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schluntz@pacbell.net) Received: from [206.170.30.53] (ppp-206-170-30-53.hywr01.pacbell.net [206.170.30.53]) by mail-gw.pacbell.net (8.8.8/8.7.1+antispam) with SMTP id VAA19792 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:31:19 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199712180531.VAA19792@mail-gw.pacbell.net> Subject: Which Laptop do you recommend? Date: Wed, 17 Dec 97 21:34:36 -0700 x-sender: schluntz@postoffice.pacbell.net x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v2, June 6, 1997 From: "Sean J. Schluntz" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm looking to purchase a laptop for my main system at the office and I'm wondering what the people who have experience with FreeBSD on laptops think I should get. What I need: 166-200 Pentium (mmx does not matter to me.) 64Megs RAM 800x600 Active Mat. Display 2m video RAM 2-3 gig HD Floppy & CD-ROM (both do not have to be in at the same time but it helps.) I don't want a computer that has an external floppy. PCMCIA Nic PCMCIA Modem I would really like to get a system that has a ZIP disk that will replace the floppy, but I don't know if FreeBSD supports that type of ZIP drive. Track ball (yah, I know, but I like them) or touch pad. No eraser. What am I going to be doing with it? Development, systems admin, x, and running Executor by Ardi so I can run a few Mac apps. Worst of all I need to keep it under $4000. Any suggestions? Thanks for any help! -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz schluntz@pinpt.com Systems Engineer (408) 997-6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation http://www.pinpt.com