From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 00:34:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24A7D16A400 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 00:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rasmith@tamu.edu) Received: from aristotle.tamu.edu (Aristotle.tamu.edu [128.194.75.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B88C13C447 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 00:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rasmith@tamu.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aristotle.tamu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71CC28588 for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 19:14:09 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:14:09 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <20070511.191409.41966595.rasmith@aristotle.tamu.edu> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: rasmith@tamu.edu In-Reply-To: <200705111520.17774.fcash@ocis.net> References: <001601c793a5$106c5310$6601a8c0@KGISH> <20070511175144.F69508@volatile.chemikals.org> <200705111520.17774.fcash@ocis.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rasmith@tamu.edu List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 00:34:00 -0000 From: Freddie Cash Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:17 -0700 > The Satellite line of Toshiba laptops are pretty much crap. I've yet to > find a Satellite user that likes their laptop. Even when running Windows > XP on it. Getting non-Windows OSes running on them tends to be a > frustrating endeavor. May I introduce you to a Satellite user who likes his laptop? I haven't used FreeBSD on it (though my desktop and a couple of servers I admin are all 6.2-STABLE), but Ubuntu Linux is basically trouble free on my Satellite U205. I bought it in December and installed Ubuntu Edgy immediately (all hardware detected without trouble). The only issues are the fingerprint reader (never bothered to try) and suspend-to-ram suspend-to-disk works fine). Very sharp screen, light weight, nice keyboard feel, solidly built. I suppose this is a little off-topic since I haven't tried FreeBSD on it, but it's a relevant data point. Robin Smith