Acer 720p deal

[Carsten Mattner]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Alex Hornung <alex at alexhornung.com> wrote:
>
> On 26/11/14 21:55, Carsten Mattner wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Tim Darby wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just want to mention that the only "DragonflyBSD-certified" chromebook
>>>> is
>>>> selling for $179.99 on Amazon now:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Acer-C720-Chromebook-11-6-Inch-2GB/dp/B00FNPD1VW/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
>>>>
>>>> Xmas present to myself? :)
>>>>
>>>> Tim
>>>>
>>> Not bad...aside from the 1366x768 resolution...that'd make it a no for me.
>> And with i386 dropped in 4.0 how useful are 2 gigs of ram?
>>
> About as useful as before it was dropped.

Right :). My point is that without i386 in 4.0 you'll have to use older versions
of Dragonfly or have less memory available in x86_64 mode. I'm not
complaining i386 was dropped. Quite the opposite as dropping i386 might
be an elegant way to solve the time_t limitation other systems incorporate
non trivial solutions for because they keep i386 around.