Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 06:04:37 -0700 From: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD-friendly laptop suggestions, but wait there's more... Message-ID: <64c038660901080504s3f2b01c7r7a047adabaff155b@mail.gmail.com>
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List, Does anyone know of a laptop, preferably an older model so it's inexpensive, (It doesn't have to be very fast.), that is: 1) FreeBSD friendly. 2) Isn't a portable skillet? 3) Is physically sturdy. Not bulletproof, but not creaking, sagging plastic. Every laptop I've used in the past has had terrible overheating problems. If one places a 'laptop' in their lap, it overheats, possibly burning the legs of the operator with prolonged use. I want a laptop, not a laptop attached to a desk or a board with fans in it, or the need to hunt down a desk so I can set my laptop on the desktop, effectively creating a desktop. I want to be able to set the laptop on top of my lap. (Hard to imagine.) The last laptop I had was a gateway, which when held by the corner would creak and sag and overheated constantly. The Toshiba was sturdier, but had equally atrocious ventilation and overheating problems. I was originally thinking about a thinkpad, like a T20 or T30, but word on the street is that thinkpads overheat too? Does such a thing exist? -Modulok-
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