Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:36:37 +0300 From: "Aggelidis Nikos" <aggelidis.news@gmail.com> To: "Jeremy Chadwick" <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? Message-ID: <30fc78250807250336n4f52b0d0vd087fe01d1f940e6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080725064436.GA64711@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <a699ffdd0807240739s60ec59a7q22cf4e53025844d6@mail.gmail.com> <1216945181.1179.23.camel@RabbitsDen> <20080725055135.GN53966@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20080725064436.GA64711@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> "I'm buying a new computer, what should I buy?"
>
> Buy whatever suits your needs, and feels comfortable for you.
>
> With regards to OS compatibility, this is a difficult one. Googling to
> see what other people have experienced is pretty much the only option,
> or you get to find out yourself.
But this is the reason Frank asks which computer to buy. I don't think
he is expecting to be told about the weight of a laptop; he can figure
this himself. But how can you figure OS compatibility from 20minutes
test drive? That's why you ask for other persons experiences.
Personally if i were to buy a laptop right now, i would buy one that
would be fully compatible with bsd or linux even if this meant paying
a few more euros or getting something heavier... Unfortunately this
kind of info {OS-- compatibility} isn't advertised, or written in
specs.
>From my perspective freebsd should "advertise"(*) the laptops that
work with it, out of the box, so that new users {like me} know what to
buy; and large corporations have a benefit for promoting OS
compatibility other than Windows(tm).
-best regards
nikos
(*) when i say advertise , i mean make this info publicly available
and easily accessible from the website
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