From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 24 19:03:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A30F316A401 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:03:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kiffin.gish@planet.nl) Received: from post-24.mail.nl.demon.net (post-24.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236B343D53 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:03:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kiffin.gish@planet.nl) Received: from gish.demon.nl ([83.160.27.223]:10539 helo=ZGISH) by post-24.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FMrZE-000Ksp-UL; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:03:25 +0000 From: "Kiffin Gish" To: "'Matthias Schmidt'" , Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:03:31 +0100 Message-ID: <002801c64f75$a46ef1a0$2101a8c0@ZGISH> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-reply-to: <20060324141826.GA55317@staatsfeind.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Nice compact lightweight powerful laptop ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:03:26 -0000 The Thinkpad T and X series look sweet, but very pricey also. I was looking more around the $1000 range... -- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Matthias Schmidt > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 15:18 > To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Nice compact lightweight powerful laptop ... > > > He, > > * kiffin.gish@planet.nl wrote: > > Since I will be travelling alot in the near future, I have been > > looking into purchasing a nice, fancy laptop dedicated to running > > FreeBSD 6.x and the Gnome desktop. > > > > It needs to be light-weight and portable for in the plane, support > > wifi, have a long battery life, relatively fast graphics, > 1GB memory > > and around 2Ghz fast. > > I recommend a IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T or X series. > > > There are so many choices out there that I do not know > where to start. > > Any suggestions would be helpful. > > > > Is there a known list somewhere of supported/tested laptops? > > Have a look at the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List: > > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ > > Greets > > Matthias > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >