Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 10:17:09 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: "Mark A-J. Raught (from the laptop)" <mraught@acm.org> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buying a laptop. (HP, Compaq, or Gateway) Message-ID: <41D60825.3000802@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <41D5911A.6080403@acm.org> References: <41D5911A.6080403@acm.org>
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Hi, Mark A-J. Raught (from the laptop) wrote: my ideas of a laptop are on the opposite of your scale (small, long battery life ...). All I know is that there is also Acer which offers at least three machines in your class. > > Gateway 7405GX (AMD 64 3200+) > HP zv5320us (AMD XP-M 3000+) > Compaq r3306us (AMD XP-M 3000+) > > 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 I only have read about the Acer Ferraris. > 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, FreeBSD is not as good as Windows in a single point: power consumption. Erich
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