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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Laptop recommendation? Date: 26 Feb 1996 17:29:57 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4gsqmm$9u4@helena.MT.net> References: <4go78e$472@server.cs.vt.edu> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <4go78e$472@server.cs.vt.edu>, Carl Harris <ceharris@mal.com> wrote: >I need to spec a laptop system running FreeBSD that will be used in >network analysis/diagnosis applications. Unfortunately, my only >FreeBSD + laptop experience has been with the IBM ThinkPad 755c. The >ThinkPad is a nice machine, but it is no joy getting FreeBSD installed >and running on it. Did you use my install disks, available at: ftp://freebsd.FreeBSD.org/incoming/nate/* If not, please do. The IBM ThinkPad's are (IMHO) among the best-built machines on the market today. I've got a NEC myself, and while I think it's great I'd trade it for a similarly setup ThinkPad in a heart-beat. >If you have specific laptop + FreeBSD experiences, and can make >recommendations, I'd appreciate your input. IBM's 755CX meets all of your specifications above. If you're dead-set against all ThinkPad's, you may want to look at the NEC 4000 series. Unfortunately, I haven't yet installed FreeBSD on the newer models (I've got the older NEC Versa P), but I'll bet the new ones aren't too much different from the older models. (Mostly packaging and they've replaced the trackball with a touch-slider mouse). Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. home #: (406) 443-7063 | A fly pole and a 4x4 Chevy truck = Heaven on Earth