On 08/26/2013 09:24 AM, Michael Paul Zamot wrote:
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Are there any particular laptop model you can recommend?
Regards,
Michael Zamot
same advices as always...
Load OpenBSD on a flash drive.
Go to the store, boot from the flash drive, see how it runs
OpenBSD...and put your fingers on the keyboard, use the
mouse-replacement-device, and see how the screen looks FOR YOU.
Hearing that Fred loves his model XYZ laptop doesn't matter one bit to
you if you get to the store and all they have is the XYZrev2. All you
can be fairly sure of is the Rev2 is probably cheaper to build than the
original.
"But I'm buying it mail order"
I do not understand buying laptops mail order. If my desktop comes with
a crappy keyboard or mouse, I go grab one of my Model M's from my pile,
and a different mouse. But that defeats the purpose of a laptop. I
want a good keyboard, I want a good mouse-like-device. And I want it to
run my OS. There's no good way to test for that without putting YOUR
hands on the device.
"But...I don't have a local retailer!"
better get a good return policy, then. I don't care what OS you are
running...a crappy keyboard or a crappy mouse-like device is still not
going to be good to use. You also have to worry about how the OS runs
on it, that's just one more reason.
Personally, I used to be really picky. But, as my current life requires
I be passably proficient on a lot of different keyboards, I gave up my
obsession with the best devices, and have settled on "sufficiently
good". But there is still a lot of crap I hate (i.e., this laptop I'm
working on now with a useless trackpad, backed up by a stick mouse that
makes the trackpad look almost usable. There's an external mouse
plugged into it. So much for portability).
Nick.
