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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] laptop
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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:19:11 -0400
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> My ancient ThinkPad has start emitting sparks, so I need to
> get a new laptop.  I would, if possible, like it to run plan9
> in hardware rather than emulation.  The "supported hardware"
> list on the wiki looks a little out of date.  Anyone have
> recent experience to share?  My priorities, in decreasing order
> of importance are: weight, cost, plan9 compatibility, battery
> life, and speed.  The thing also needs to boot FreeBSD, but
> I trust that anything plan9-compatible will satisfy that
> requirement.

The IBM T23 is your best bet for an IBM laptop
(it's fully supported).  Anything newer is too weird,
even for some of the Unixes.  I am suffering through
a T40 right now (dropped my T23 on the ground).

Russ