Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 09:51:28 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: notebook Message-ID: <199602261651.JAA29621@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199602261557.QAA01208@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <199602261557.QAA01208@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> Some recommendations on what notebook to buy on which I can > run FreeBSD (color, X11). I'm thinking of better rez than > 640x480, a P90. Ethernet and SCSI. I have a IBM ThinkPad 755CX sitting next to me that's very nice, and my NEC Versa P/75 (I finally got back permanently last week) that's also very nice. Given a preference, I would opt for the 755CX since it's a bit smaller, lighter, and much more rugged. However, you'll pay big $$ for it, but it's *really* worth it IMHO. I also haven't run XFree86 on it, although the chipset is supported. Any of the newer ThinkPad are very nice, but I have only tested the above model. Also, the Versa P model is no longer being made, and has been replaced by the NEC 4000 series. Although I haven't tested FreeBSD on it, I suspect it will work. All of the above models are a bit spendy, but given your requirements above I guess you figured that out. Make sure to get the SVGA model which gives you > 640x480 (currently the state of the art is 800x600). As far as ethernet goes, I used to recommend the 3Com cards, but apparently they've changed things in recent 3C589C models so they no longe work with our if_zp driver, and I haven't had much luck contacting the PC-CARD folks since they've apparently have a working driver for the new cards but the fix hasn't made it into our driver yet. So, I would go with the IBM Credit Card adapter for ethernet if I were going to buy one today simply because it has known support in FreeBSD right now. Nate
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