Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 20:46:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael John Pelletier <mjpell@earthlink.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> Subject: Re: Please read; I thinking about buying a laptop... Message-ID: <XFMail.971003204722.mjpell@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002224735.26112T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. I will
look at the Digital stuff now...
Once again,
thanks
On 03-Oct-97 Doug White wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Michael John Pelletier wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need some serious insight. I am thinking
>> about buying a laptop and I want to have dual O.S.
>> (probably win95 (yuck) and FreeBSD. Could anyone
>> tell me if there are any problems with laptop support.
>> I am very close to buying the Micron XKE or XPE.
>>
>> Please help, I need to buy this quickly, for
>> my job. I don't want to get stuck with a laptop
>> which I can not use UNIX on....
>
>The Digital HiNote series is a proven FreeBSD runner (at least some of the
>older models). They recently became available by mail order from PC
>Connection; I'm probing my local DEC dealer to see if they can beat the
>price. The PAO group has one floating around in their midst, so it should
>work.
>
>The top end unit, the HiNote VP 575, with a P166MMX, 16MB RAM, 2.1GB hard
>drive, TFT, and CD/floppy unit, is about $3400.
>
>Doug White | University of Oregon
>Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
>http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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