Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:02:02 -0800 From: chip wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: "Adam Maas" <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> Cc: scottro@nyc.rr.com, jimit@prodigy.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT) Message-ID: <20030105220202.3e23149f.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <009901c2b543$5b5468d0$7419cdcd@ticking> References: <AE010BA5-2134-11D7-88BD-0003930DFD02@prodigy.net> <009901c2b543$5b5468d0$7419cdcd@ticking>
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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 00:20:41 -0500 "Adam Maas" <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> wrote: > Check Linux Magazine or Linux Journal for ads, there's at least 3 > different companies that sell Unix/Linux Laptops. I Think Rebel.com > still sells some Sparc Laptops too. > > Adam Maas Another one worth checking out is workstation2000, www.w2000.com. I have bought, for the company I work for, one of their laptops dual-boot w2k/redhat, they'll customize pretty much whatever you want. Their web site sucks, but the laptop is rock solid. The sales rep has called to check up on it several times since I bought a few months ago. My company plans on buying more from them this year. -- Chip > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jimi Thompson" <jimit@prodigy.net> > To: "Scott Robbins" <scottro@nyc.rr.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:06 AM > Subject: Re: Laptops w/ FreeBSD pre-loaded (somewhat OT) > > > > > > On Sunday, December 29, 2002, at 04:00 PM, Scott Robbins wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:28:31PM -0500, John Bleichert wrote: > > >> Last year (when I wasn't in the market for a laptop) I found a > > >> site/manufacturer which sold Athlon- and Pentium-based laptops > > >with> Free/OpenBSD and/or Linux pre-installed. Now that I'm in the > > >market> I can't find the site to save my life. Has anybody seen > > >such a site> anywhere? I thought I found the site linked from > > >freebsd.org but no> luck. > > > > > > I know Walmart sells some laptops (or is it only desktops--don't > > > have time to check at this instant) with some version of Linux > > > installed. > > > > > > If you do find out, please post the site. > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Scott Robbins > > Scott, > > > > > You would be referring to the bastardized linux thing called > > Lindows. We were interested in at work for a test and horked up the > > $99.00. What a waste! Mandrake 9.0 is a better desktop distro. It > > biggest selling point is that it's running Transmeta's CPU's and > > it's only$350.00 for their "high end" device. You'd be as well of > > with one of the mail stations since you'd at least get some support > > if something breaks. > > > > I know that the Sun reps at work all carry HP laptops loaded with > > Intel/Solaris. They have told me that they normally load with disks > > burned from the ISO's on their own web site (freely downloadable) > > with out any problems. This leads me to think that your odds of > > having unix drivers for the device available would be rather high. > > > > HTH, > > > > Jimi > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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