Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/07/28/10:16:53
At 09:13 AM 7/28/2005, Mike wrote:
>I'm moving from a very technical slot to a unix manager slot.
>I have done the tech thing for so long I know how to find answers
>and put solutions together to make things work. I'm seeking everyone's
>opinion on getting a laptop for this new slot. The laptop would
>run windoze (must communication with the rest of the company) and
>is for the purpose of tracking documents, proposals, notes, tasks,
>ideas, schedules. Also for preparing all of the above things. Oh,
>and taking notes in meetings, etc. I would also use it to search
>through the documents for things. I think I would rather use a
>wiki than word :(, but must still communicate with the rest of
>the company.
>
>I would also load all of cygwin on it so I still have my dev tools
>that I am most comfortable with, and so I can reach the unix
>servers.
>
>It would have wireless so I can move about the house, to the library,
>etc., to get things done.
>
>Does this make sense what I'm trying to achieve?
>Is a laptop reasonable for this (though expensive, ~$900 USD),
>or should I keep with my desktops at home and work?
As you note, discussion of this is off-topic for this list. If you want
to discuss it further and you feel there is *some* Cygwin relevence, you
can move it to the cygwin-talk list, if you can't find a better forum.
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