Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:32:39 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS? Message-ID: <AANLkTik1yNnozuYEC3k9dXdja4a0ssB3UgOAT7dT5YyW@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3380813072-1551442120@intranet.com.mx> References: <3380813072-1551442120@intranet.com.mx>
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On 17 February 2011 13:43, Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@intranet.com.mx> wrote: > Hello all. > > I am evaluating to buy a new laptop for using it only with Freebsd. I kno= w > in the website mention some options. Thing is that here the most powerful > ones (I3, I5 I7) are sold ONLY with Windows installed and that increase t= he > value of the equipment. I want the best option at a nice price (could be > Intel or AMD) the ide is to have it as my main machine and when I need Li= nux > or Windows have them there running under VirtualBox. The use will be main= ly > for web development. > > My idea is to buy it with FreeDos or Linux installed or without operating > system but here there is not an option for powerful equuipment unless you > want one with Atom processor. The powerful one came ONLY with Windows > installed. > I am thinking to ask a friend that travels frequently to USA to buy one f= or > me. > > Any suggestion of where and what equipment to buy, without OS (Windows) > preinstalled? Of course at a good price and the most powerful one. > ixsystems.com sells a FreeBSD laptop (probably not inexpensively). system76.com is ubunutu-based, so you might have to look closely at the wireless chip. That one e-online-dot-com internet web store named after a certain large, South-American river has a few of such for sale, as well. I'd buy one with Microsoft=AE Windows=AE Starter=AE Edition=AE and amuse myself by applying to the seller for a Microsoft=AE Windows=AE Starter=AE Edition=AE Refund=AE (& depending on where you live might provide _months_ of entertainment). Actually, new is too expensive for me: let someone else take the first price hit. --=20 --
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