ideal laptop recommendations?

[Kevin Oberman]

> From: "Jesse D. Guardiani" <jesse at wingnet.net>
> Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 11:57:38 -0400
> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> IBM A31p ThinkPad for $2,811.60
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> 15.0" UXGA screen (1600x1200)
> Pentium 4 M 2Ghz (512kb L2 cache)
> 512Mb DDR SDRAM
> 40 Gb HD
> CD-RW/DVD-R
> Integrated Wi-Fi wireless and Bluetooth combo
> 3 yr onsite repair warranty
> 64 Mb ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 7.1-7.7
> 
> And I think Kevin Oberman already said that the ATI Mobility
> FireGL card isn't supported. This laptop is too much $$$ for
> me anyway. If I wanted to spend $3000 I would buy a Mac.

No. My FireGL works fine, but does not like to turn on in
high-resolution mode.(Easy but annoying work-around available.) But I
have a T30, not an A31p, and I can't be sure about the A31p. 

According to IBM sales types (yes, their lips were moving), DVD burners
will be available late this month or early in June.

But it's still a very pricey box. I simply am addicted to the keyboards
and the TrackPoint. I can get the TrackPoints on Dell and others, but
the keyboard is an IBM only thing. I don't think a laptop is "ideal"
without that IBM keyboard. (But nobody else might agree with my
opinion.)

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634