Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:01:08 -0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? Message-ID: <20000324140108.V1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003241152080.45830-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>; from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 11:54:16AM -1000 References: <20000324134950.S1349@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003241152080.45830-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
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On Friday, 24 March 2000 at 11:54:16 -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> The i7500 isn't really that heavy. It's the carry cases that are >>> what makes the notebook heavier than it really is. My 770Z is less than 7 >>> pounds but the ThinkPad case is another 6 pounds. Even though the 770Z I >>> have is only 13.7" but the screen does 1280x1024 and works great for DVD's >>> when I need a break from all that work. =) >> >> About ten years ago I bought a briefcase which was big enough to take >> my laptop (Toshiba 3100SX, with a 386SX16 (no cache), 7 MB memory and >> 80 MB disk, weighing 17 lbs) and some documents. Since then I've >> changed my laptop several times, and they all seem to rattle in the >> space the Toshiba left. I've just checked out an Inspiron 7500, and >> it would fit sideways in the space. The couple of lbs difference in >> total weight hardly make any difference, but I think it's a remarkably >> ugly laptop. > > Yeah, that's true... Since when you carried the heavy weight, it > doesn't really matter much unless it was a machine a lot lighter, then you > would have the impression that you forgot your notebook or something. The > Inspiron 7500 is made by a Taiwanese company just like a lot of the IBM's > are made by Acer to IBM specs. You can actually get the same i7500 > machine under different brand names from Computer Shopper. I have people who are prepared to buy it for me. Under those circumstances, I need to consider who can repair it best world-wide. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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