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From: chase@pine.ece.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: [Q] Lap tops and 386BSD/NetBSD/FreeBSD?
Keywords: hardware compatibility
Message-ID: <1993Sep6.185901.5568@cs.cornell.edu>
Date: 6 Sep 93 18:59:01 GMT
Sender: cchase@cs.cornell.edu (Craig Chase)
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I expect this is a real frequently asked, and possibly outright dumb question,
but I'll ask it anyway (couldn't find any info in the recently posted FAQ).
What is the relationship between 386BSD (and it's derivatives) and lap tops?
Any advice or information would be appreciated, and if this not a subject that
has already been beaten to death, I'd be happy to post a summary of the results.
Questions which come immediately to mind are:
1) will 386BSD run at all on lap tops?
2) how is the performance? in particular, what effect does a paging
multitasking operating system have on battery life?
3) is there a prayer of running X on a lap top?
And of course the obvious, "So what would you recommend?".
I don't speak DOS (unless I have to) or MacOS, but I need a lap top.
I could go with a Sun laptop, but they seem somewhat pricey.
Thanks,
Craig
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