From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 29 00:53:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C3F313E for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:53:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-x236.google.com (mail-bk0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4008:c01::236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FC1E33 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:53:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f54.google.com with SMTP id q16so35577bkw.41 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:53:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=oVrnNruauq9nHY8T3UkLVLTl7t+5EEUoNdwnbe7La6U=; b=1FQCKLN86g5lVdAJPfjwp0VbnKNgP8eluYl4Kh+1rCUU74fzCcHdqpEQLspU8HPaIH 8lTcK5IPArWR0rZ0B0UxFbfM8l3zKh95BzvJ0gwd2AJItt3hwDmxOKzeqvOSxgWREBbR +Is2DLcUZGtjaxaaaQUnoQzwdTOi6EaAzmaIKL/7p8V4P7Rt+5lWNwsrlzNyo5GgdHvb rLvm8YSu6hTzr3qckHEr467rthqeWfMgGemdzsdOt7g5ZKhDZ6Bzpbj00ncSQAUGkd1G YFWyBcwuWjtKmFBHIS+BRtyYtI2Zw+Y3NeyY+FBguMobB1kDtf1k2YvKtdWQrMHROIb/ ZqHg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.204.188.81 with SMTP id cz17mr174722bkb.91.1364518398809; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:53:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.25.207 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:53:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.25.207 with HTTP; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:53:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:53:18 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: From: Waitman Gobble To: Jeff Belyea Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:53:20 -0000 Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA On Mar 28, 2013 3:03 PM, "Jeff Belyea" wrote: > > I have a new computer with windows 8, which I hate with a passion. I don't > play music and I don't do a lot of pictures. Basically I only search, some > EBay and games. Can I replace win8 with BSD? yes, but first snoop around bios admin screens for uefi settings (might not actually say uefi but something else, and might be in the back 40 so the motherboard manual might help). also might be good to figure out if someone could possibly decide that your machine qualifies as a mobile device, disrupting its planned operation could cause an issue) Waitman Gobble San Jose California