Posts by Martin Cracauer

Just a word of warning, if you order a i9300, do not get the low-res, non-glossy screen at this time. I got two machines both with bad backlight bleeding and they just issued me a full money-back refund because tech support "does...

It's not that FreeBSD is just using sources with no package management. If you have local modifications to some packages FreeBSD's ports system is an order of magnitude easier than the rpms stuff.

Price lowered to $1000 shipped with the big harddrive and OSX. Non-CC paypal only.

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I couldn't stand Ubuntu, tried it on one of my notebooks. I don't think any experienced Unix user can. Fedora is pretty good and gets better lately with the exception of their install and upgrade programs. So if you are willing to...

The install and especially the upgrade tools are really the weakest part of Fedora.

Bump. If this is too expensive, we can negotiate that I put in a 30 GB disk. The main reason why I don't lowball is that there is an almost new high-end disk in this powerbook, and I can use it elsewhere. Also, I might be interested in...

Turns out I need the 6800 to get over $1999, so I can buy it directly. Now I am twiddling my thumbs waiting for a $100 one-time coupon...

I'm about to pull the trigger on an i9300. The rebates are mind-boggling and nobody seems to want to trade my powerbook. Anyway I have a few quick questions. I check 10 pages of topic but they don't seem to be covered in an obvious...

I have one notebook with a 5400 rpm 100 GB seagate and now I put a 7200 rpm Hitachi into my Thinkpad. The difference is disappointingly few. However, buying the 7200 Seagate will see a bigger speeedup. The Segate is much more...