Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 19:26:53 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <rsm@acm.org> To: Intuitive Design Archives <archive@in-design.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best Laptop for FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990505192653.10327@goatsucker.org> In-Reply-To: <199905051521.JAA16609@mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Wed, May 05, 1999 at 09:21:09AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905042118580.1301-100000@dcarmich.xnet.com> <v04003a00b355faae5303@[136.142.21.125]> <199905051521.JAA16609@mt.sri.com>
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On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 09:21:09AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and will install FreeBSD on > > it. I was wondering which laptops work well with FreeBSD and has almost > > all support. > > I've had *really* good luck with IBM's. My new 366Mhz ThinkPad 600E > works great, although I haven't (yet) tried to get sound working, I > don't expect to have any problems. > > It required one minor change to the kernel to recognize my > PCCARD/CardBus controller, but that will be part of FreeBSD 3.2 soon to > be released. > > I recommend IBM's whole-heartedly. I'll second that. ThinkPad's aren't the cheapest laptops around by a (very) long shot, but they're extremely well built and seem to get along just fine with FreeBSD. Bear in mind that most laptops use funky graphics chipsets that may be only minimally supported by XFree86, if at all. Make sure you know *exactly* what's in the box before you take it home :) Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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