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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!207.172.3.52!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!news.mathworks.com!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: Andrew Perkins <apsolid@white-eye-alive.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD Laptop recomendations...? Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:17:27 -0700 Organization: White Eye Alive Lines: 14 Message-ID: <33661103.1B0@white-eye-alive.org> Reply-To: apsolid@white-eye-alive.org NNTP-Posting-Host: dynamic29.pm05.sf1.best.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39936 hi all, Ive been teaching myself c++ from my friends mac and ISP /w shell account and really want my own "developer laptop" running FreeBSD. I need the laptop to: (1) hold the "X-developer" canned distribution (MB???), (2) compile quickly (pentium100 is adaquate, but how much ram (16-32)), (3) connect to random network links (i know thats a tough one, what I mean is modem/PPP and ethernet, not necessarily simultaniously) BOTTOM LINE___ ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR CHEAP/QUALITY PC LAPTOP HARDWARE CAPABLE OF RUNNING FREEBSD. I would love to hear from folks on this list who are already running from laptop, who may email me directly if they like. Thanks in advance.