Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 21:01:21 +0200 From: Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, jmlewis@dslextreme.com Subject: Re: Natively Supported Notebook Message-ID: <200405142101.21068.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: <3714a2e78ea117fba173c7a.20040514094725.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> References: <3714a2e78ea117fba173c7a.20040514094725.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com>
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> Does FreeBSD have any officially supported laptop? This may be useful: http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html And if/when you've decided on the laptop you want to get, it would be a goo= d=20 idea to google around for the status of hardware support on FreeBSD, aswell= =20 as ask here. In my experience there is always *something* that doesn't work quite right = on=20 non-MS operating systems when it comes to laptops. My laptop is a T40p whic= h=20 works fine overall, but there are some quirks. As for "officially" supported I don't know. > First system =96 Current primary desktop > Asus A7N8X Deluxe (nForce 2) > XP 2500+ > Onboard LAN (unsupported) > MSI nVidia Gforce4TI 4400 > 1GB Corsair memory > 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important) This doesn't work? It seem normal enough to me. What problems have you had? > Second System =96 Currently sitting on the floor collecting dust > Abit A7n-MAX2 > ATI 9500 (I think it has been a while since I built that one. Did they > make a 9500?) > 512MB (Don=92t remember the brand of memory) > 2 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important) Also seems pretty normal. > Does anyone have a recommendation (other then a bullet) of a good system > that I can continue to develop on (I know a notebook is not the best dev > platform. But I spend so much time on the train with my commute the time > is just wasted)? Well, again the T40p *does* work for me (I used it as my primary system for= =20 quite a while) but not perfectly. There are obviously many laptops that wor= k=20 though. I think you may have better luck finding out how well things work i= f=20 you focus on one or a few laptops that you have decided are the best choice= s=20 for other reasons unrelated to FreeBSD hardware compatibility. > So there is my scenario. I hope some one has a helpful suggestion. Heck I > am willing to BBQ up the best ribs you have ever had to anyone in southern > California willing to come over to help out (not likely I know) Sorry, wrong country :) =2D-=20 / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org
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