Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:17:37 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Dale Wharton <dwharton@alcor.concordia.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cheapest laptop for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20000802131737.H36094@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10008012212170.15499-100000@alcor.concordia.ca>; from dwharton@alcor.concordia.ca on Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 10:28:01PM -0400 References: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10008012212170.15499-100000@alcor.concordia.ca>
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[following up on FreeBSD-questions] On Tuesday, 1 August 2000 at 22:28:01 -0400, Dale Wharton wrote: > I bought the 3rd edition of THE COMPLETE FREEBSD by Greg Lehey, ... which suggests (on page 15) that you'll get help from FreeBSD-questions. It's right :-) > it includes discs labeled March 2000. Now I need a computer (it > must be portable) to run it on. > > The cheapest new laptop I can find hereabouts is the Compaq Presario > 1200-XL115, whose (475 MHz) processor is the AMD-K6-2 --not > mentioned in the book. Is it a suitable platform? If not, what is > the cheapest portable that does support FreeBSD? Compaq doesn't have the best reputation for compatibility. In general, you'll find people prefer Dell. I don't know of any problems with this machine myself, but others may. The K6 isn't a problem, but with laptops, typically display and sound hardware are sore points. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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