Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:45:09 +0100 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19e9a5dc1003030645s3e531d2er5957ac6713c6d867@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B8EDF8C.2050301@gmail.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1003031443170.18045@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <4B8EDF8C.2050301@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Aaron Lewis <aaron.lewis1989@gmail.com> wr= ote: > On 3/3/2010 1:48 AM, Andreas Davour wrote: >> >> I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and want one which will work fine >> with FBSD. Anyone have any suggestions? >> >> It must have a connector for a external screen (i.e. a projector when >> doing presentations), wireless, ~15" screen, lots of memory, and optical >> unit, and preferable a long battery time (i.e. CPU speed is not that >> important). >> >> Webpages, own experiences or any other comparisons available? >> >> Please cc me if answering. >> >> /andreas >> > You May want to checkout this list: > > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ > > > Here's some suggestions , =A0don't choose ATI video cards. =A0( No UNIX D= rivers > .. ) Here=B4s another suggestion: don=B4t buy anything that has a Broadcom (BCM) ethernet and/or wireless card of any kind. You=B4ll find that your hardware has no support at all or that the existen support has some serious issues (specially regarding ACPI) My 2 cents > Well , i'm on ThinkPad R400 , ATI Mobile HD 3400 and an integrated Video > Card , > FBSD doesn't boot when i switched to ATI Video card. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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