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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.albany.net!news.sover.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-4.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: laptop external displays (and general recommendations) Date: 16 Jul 1996 16:21:17 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4sgfht$j1j@helena.MT.net> References: <to3f2s6dzz.fsf@avalon.harvard.edu> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.mt.sri.com In article <to3f2s6dzz.fsf@avalon.harvard.edu>, Erik Evensen <erik@avalon.harvard.edu> wrote: >I'm thinking of getting a laptop on which I will run FreeBSD. One >thing I'm wondering about is how external displays are handled: do >they have to be mirrors of the built-in screen or does X allow them >to be additional screens? Since they use the exact same video card, they are either mirrors of the built-in screen or if you turn the built-in screen off many of them allow you to drive external monitors at higher resolutions. >What is currently considered to be a usable minimum system >(processor/mem/HD) for FreeBSD on a laptop? I'm hoping to use the >system for writing using TeX (dare I attempt to use Emacs?) and doing >some development when I'm away from my desk. 486/33 with 12M and a 200M disk would be the bare minimum. Anything more makes it really nice. Me, I've got a P75 with 24MB and a 810MB disk and I've got 4 OS's on it. :) Nate -- nate@sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.mt.sri.com | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana (all the crazies are now in jail 'cept us home #: (406) 443-7063 | natives). - Fly fishing fanatic!