From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 12 16:47:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA28788 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:47:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA28777 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:46:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA15689; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:16:13 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA10037; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:16:12 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980113111612.25991@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:16:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Xinyuan Wang Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: notebook compatibility with FreeBSD References: <199801122359.PAA22789@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199801122359.PAA22789@hub.freebsd.org>; from Xinyuan Wang on Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:58:00PM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:58:00PM -0500, Xinyuan Wang wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for a notebook that is compatible with FreeBSD, and am considering > following brands : > > Compaq > IBM > Toshiba > Dell > NEC > > Can anybody provide me some information about the FreeBSD compatibility with > these notebooks. I've heard of a lot of compatibility problems with Compaq. Dell is good, but they use an undocumented graphics chipset (NeoMagic), which means that you can't get a free X server for it. You *can* get one from XI graphics, but it will cost $250. Greg