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Date:      Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:23:43 +0200
From:      Uwe Laverenz <uwe@laverenz.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on current crop of laptops?
Message-ID:  <20050819062343.GA17603@laverenz.de>
In-Reply-To: <43040A7A.5030300@vilot.com>
References:  <43040A7A.5030300@vilot.com>

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On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:11:38PM -0600, Tom Vilot wrote:

> I like the (big-ass) Toshiba Satellite machines, but I'm not wedded to 
> them. I am curious what people's experiences are with some of the newer 
> laptops and what might be recommended.

I can recommend the IBM Thinkpad R51, especially the models with Ati
7500 or 9000 graphics, because these chips are supported by the free
drivers that come with Xorg. I run FreeBSD 5.4 on my R51 and I am very
happy with it.

I have also heard positive statements about the Samsung X20 XVM 1600.

Uwe




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