Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:11:45 -0400 From: Timothy Luoma <freebsd@tntluoma.com> To: Stuart Barkley <stuartb@4gh.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell i7500 or Toshiba 1005-S157? Message-ID: <oprvtu1vwknva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com> In-Reply-To: <20030920211056.T21556@freeman.4gh.net> References: <oprvtqukwinva4ua@smtpx.operamail.com> <20030920211056.T21556@freeman.4gh.net>
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 21:40:31 -0400 (EDT), Stuart Barkley <stuartb@4gh.net> wrote: > I have a Toshiba 1005-S157 and am running FreeBSD 4.7 (currently, soon > to upgrade to 4.8/4.9). After over a year using it, I'm still don't > like it and wish I had purchased some other brand (but I'm not sure > what). I really liked the Dell Latitude I had at my previous job and > it ran FreeBSD quite well. > > I have a web page describing my Toshiba setup. There are some things > you will need to deal with: > > http://www.4gh.net/hints/toshiba/satellite1005-s157.html > >> But then I'm thinking that I can devote the entire Toshiba to >> FreeBSD, and it has the faster processor. I assume I'll be running >> WINE for a few Windows apps, and when I need to update/compile >> faster = better, right? > > You might play around on with FreeBSD on the Toshiba first leaving > your current Dell untouched. Once you have a little more experience > you can try FreeBSD on the Dell. Thanks... I think that is exactly what I will do. Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to CD-R my wife's files and try getting FreeBSD working on it. The one real hitch may be the modem. I only have dialup at home, so I'd need to get the modem working to be useful at home. I have Ethernet to shared DSL at the office, so I'll probably use that for getting it setup. TjL
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