Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:07:41 +0100 From: "Fischer, Oliver" <plexus@snafu.de> To: mvh@welkyn.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop short list - and the winner is! Message-ID: <3DCA81BD.90803@snafu.de> In-Reply-To: <1036608697.93700.26.camel@netcom1.netcom.com> References: <1036608697.93700.26.camel@netcom1.netcom.com>
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One of my friends has got a Dell one year ago (~5000 Euro) and if I compare the quality of my 3 years old T20 and his one year old Dell, IBM wins! Bye Oliver Mike Harding wrote: > It looks like I'll get a IBM thinkpad T30. I thank the list for the > input! There were a few things that pushed it towards the T30... > > - It's supposed to be physically robust, for lots of travel. I have > heard things about Dells, etc. have problems with the hinges. > - It's has a serial port, which I occasionally need to bootstrap systems > (even my desktop FreeBSD box when X locks up) I would otherwise > probably get an X series. > - I need to do windows stuff to support some security work. Honestly, > the new Macs seem much nicer, even for the same money, and draw less > power - if I didn't specifically have to support windows apps I would > get the Mac. > - I do some sales work with IBM, so the politics are better. > > Thanks again, > > Mike H. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Oliver Fischer - plexus[AT]snafu[DOT]de [de] Das Internet stammt aus dem letzten Jahrtausend! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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