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Date:      Tue, 30 Apr 1996 01:01:47 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        david@fgate.flevel.co.uk (David Southwell)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org, graham@flevel.co.uk
Subject:   Re: Laptops and removable drives
Message-ID:  <199604291531.BAA16492@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960429144726.9820A-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk> from "David Southwell" at Apr 29, 96 02:51:13 pm

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David Southwell stands accused of saying:
> 
> Can anyone suggest a laptop that will run FreeBSD and XFree86, 
> with an ethernet adaptor, decent display, and removeable hard drives?

That really depends on your budget &c.  The Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CS
is a pretty good buy, and the new Sharp PC9000 looks good too.  Both of
these will set you back around $6K (australian) for a usable configuration.

The biggest drawback with laptops is the displays - only the latest and 
most expensive have 1027x768; you're looking at over $8K to put one on 
the road.

(For reference, $1AUS ~ $0.73US, UKP1 ~ $2.2AUS)

> Graham Breach

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