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From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Sony or Dell?  Or stick with Toshiba?
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On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 12:16:36PM -0500, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote:
: On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 06:13:42PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
: > :  freebsd and sony's acpi aren't good friends today
: > 
: > So Dell is about the best bet then?  As far as full laptop capability?
: > 
: I'd be careful about dells, they've been having high failure rates 
: recently, specifically with their laptops.

Now that you mention it, my 2 year old desktop wouldn't boot and needed a
new motherboard.  One of the build machines also needed 24 replacement.  And
my boss's laptop refused to recognize the AC adapter.  Not a good record,
I'd have to say.  But some people might have better luck with them.


jm
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My other computer is your Windows box.