Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:49:14 -0500 From: "Mark A-J. Raught (from the laptop)" <mraught@acm.org> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Buying a laptop. (HP, Compaq, or Gateway) Message-ID: <41D5911A.6080403@acm.org>
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Greetings all, I am about to buy a laptop from Best Buy (18 months no interest is the main reason I am going with them) My choices have come down to the following 3: Gateway 7405GX (AMD 64 3200+) HP zv5320us (AMD XP-M 3000+) Compaq r3306us (AMD XP-M 3000+) While it would be cool to have the 64 bit machine, I am kind of scared of the new technology in a laptop. I know sometimes it is easier to turn lead into gold than get the latest and greatest to work on a laptop. So I am kind of leaning toward the HP or the Compaq. However (you knew it was coming) I still don't trust Compaq (bad history with them) so this leaves me at the HP. It seems to be a reasonable laptop at a decent price. I am definitely not set on the HP, that's why I'm writing to the mobile group, to get more info... On to the big problem; I can't find any info on any of the laptops with FreeBSD. I checked the usual compatibility web pages, but couldn't find these specific models and don't know what models would be close. I am going today to play with a FreeSBIE CD, but I would feel more comfortable knowing if I was going to hit any big roadblocks. Extra info: The laptop will be wiped (no windows please) and I will be running FreeBSD. I have no problem replacing a miniPCI card if need be, but obviously I can't do that with video (HP and Compaq both have nVidia w/ unknow chipset) which is my biggest concern, or sound (not that important, but it'd be nice). I have complete confidence that this laptop would work eventually, but I would rather sooner than later. Please, if anyone has experience with any of these (or similar models) please let me know. I will be buying soon (hopefully today or tomorrow, within the week definitely) and would love to have more than a FreeSBIE CD to tell me everthing will be alright. :) thanks, -mark
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