From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Apr 5 22:43:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA24834 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 22:43:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA24814 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 22:43:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@vnode.vmunix.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00309; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 01:46:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mark) Message-ID: <19980406014644.08894@vmunix.com> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 01:46:44 -0400 From: Mark Mayo To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Laptop recomendations Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all. So.. what's everyone recomending in FreeBSD capable laptops these days?? :-) Basic requirements: - Runs win95 and FreeBSD (duh..) - minimum 12.1" screen (I'm assuming non-active since those are too $$) - p166MMX processor (or maybe a 200?) - 16MB RAM min, although a lot of them seem to come with 32MB these days - CDROM - Runs X half decently.. That's about all I need.. pretty much a "basic" laptop, capable of doing X in FreeBSD (purchasing AccelX laptop version is fine). Ultra portable isn't really a requirement.. So far I'm leaning towards the 300 line from Toshiba (the Protege?), since my local Compucentre carries them for about $2K CDN.. Also thinking about the Dell laptops - they seem very good on paper and are very cheap. :) I guess my biggest fear is incompatibilities with the PC-Card stuff and the video card.. I'm new to laptops, so I have no idea how much of a nightmare this really is compared to what it seems. :) I guess the only other thing is that I hate those Glide Point style mouse things.. Much prefer the little nibs that IBM and Toshiba have. And it would be really nice if I could swap and floppy and/or CDROM for an extra battery. Any comments very much welcome.. I'd like to stay in the $2000-$2500 range (Canadian dollars), and since this is my first laptop, I really don't want to get ripped off -- and most of these damned things seem like big rip-offs, to be honest! :-) TIA, -Mark -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem is how do you build tools that understand your programs at a deeper semantic level." - James Gosling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message