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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : <michaeld@senet.com.au>
  Date: 29 Jun 2001 09:50:33 +0930

Re: OT: FreeBSD sell out?!? :-)

On 29 Jun 2001 00:15:36 +0000, michaeld@senet.com.au wrote:

> Are you kidding?  The new Dells are great.  For about $AUS3000 you get a 
> 1400x1152 display, PIII800, 128Mb RAM, 20Gb disk, ethernet, modem and DVD that 
> is reliable, and very Linux friendly.  Titanium may by nice, but I'd rather 
> have $AUS4000 change in my pocket.  You can up spec the Dells to go the 
> CDRW/DVD-ROM route, as well as having up to 3 >25GB drives and 1Gb RAM if you 
> want a super grunty.

Ick. I don't like those "great" new Dell laptops. 

For $5495 you get a 400MHz G4, 15.2" XGA Display, 128MB SDRAM, 10GB Hard
DIsk, DVD, Ethernet, Modem, 2 USB Ports, 1 FireWire Port, Inbuilt
Antenna for Wireless networking, OS9, iMovie 2 and QuickTime. Whatsmore,
it's only 2.45cm thick and 2.4kg heavy.

<drewl> There's a bit of a price difference, but I'd say that the
PowerBook would come out in front. I saw a 500MHz PowerBook beat a
1.2GHz P4 at a whole bunch of stuff (including PhotoShop). Mind you,
that was a test done by Apple, but it seemed fairly believable.

   - andrew

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