Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050728101342.05210fc8@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:16:33 -0400 To: Mike , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: OT: seeking opinions In-Reply-To: <20050728131341.GC27165@mikee.ath.cx> References: <20050728131341 DOT GC27165 AT mikee DOT ath DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/