Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:11:34 -0300 From: AT Matik <asstec@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? Message-ID: <200807310711.34377.asstec@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <3A7C430E-AA1C-4CF3-88F5-F7A0EBE3273A@bnc.net> References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <e71790db0807301745i60747da1vdbeb5650421b522f@mail.gmail.com> <3A7C430E-AA1C-4CF3-88F5-F7A0EBE3273A@bnc.net>
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On Thursday 31 July 2008 06:17:54 Achim Patzner wrote: > Am 31.07.2008 um 02:45 schrieb Carlos A. M. dos Santos: > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Achim Patzner <ap@bnc.net> wrote: > >> I tried to break that habit more than once > >> but right now the only comfortable way of running FreeBSD on a laptop > >> is VMware Fusion on a Mac. Reading this entire thread convinced me > >> even more. > > > > Please define "comfortable". > > You just did so: > > I never attempted to use neither Bluetooth nor the fingerprint reader > > [...] the memory card > > reader does not work. I also ran 8.0-CURRENT on a HP 6910p because 7.0 > > did not support the WI-FI card. > > Great Lord. I just opened the box, turned the machine on and - after > waiting > fo about a few minutes - just began using it. Drivers? Who cares. Serial > port? Just plug in an USB-to-serial. Getting X to run on the *censored* > *even more censorship*? No problem, it's even launching itself should I > really need it. Camera? Built-in. Unix that feels like FreeBSD? Built- > in. > HSDPA? Just connect the USB modem or plug in the Merlin XU. > > NO FUCKING INTEL STICKERS TO PEEL OFF. PRICELESS. > guys ... seems most of you are seeing a laptop for the first time of your=20 life, I am impressed so long as you ignore FreeBSD's almost-disability to resume from suspend it= =20 runs on all notes I got in my hands over the last years up to now with 7, a= nd=20 runs fine, often much better on cheap pieces (faster and longer bat life)= =20 than on some 1500-bucks-wonder-bonder-books and Jee, this sticker, man, hot!, intel, orange or bsd-whatever are really= =20 important, I agree ... first things first - and you could stick them on the= =20 screen to see them all the time Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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