From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 5 13:32:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA29959 for mobile-outgoing; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 13:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [208.220.66.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA29953 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 13:32:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA04500; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:44:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199709051944.PAA04500@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: High-resolution displays In-Reply-To: <199709052013.OAA10130@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Sep 5, 97 02:13:04 pm" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:44:44 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk (Nate states those with built in CDROMS are heavier and flimsier) I'll look over (and pick up and shake and thump on) a Thinkpad with built in CDROM before I decide it is too flimsy. I thought the 365xd was my 365x with the internal floppy traded off for internal CDROM. The 365x isn't flimsy. > *All* of the laptops I've ever used (NEC, IBM, Toshiba, Fujitsu, HP) > have external power supplies. The Toshibas at one of my clients have built in power supplies and take a line cord on the back. I don't know the model, but they have both older 486 systems and some newer Pentium systems. I'm more willing to trade off weight for having everything well packaged in one place than the market. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval