From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 15:32:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10311065674 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:32:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CDCE8FC23 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:32:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3MFWH3C088017; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:32:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BEC12B829; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:32:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:32:17 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20080422153217.GA36675@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Wojciech Puchar , Paul Schmehl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jerry Rukavina References: <000001c8a355$493496b0$6400a8c0@ATTALINO78QBFR> <35F1BF4D34003AFF570D96C2@Macintosh.local> <20080421215741.T1721@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080421215741.T1721@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Paul Schmehl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jerry Rukavina Subject: Re: BSD Computers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:32:33 -0000 --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 09:58:29PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> FreeBSD, like all open source systems (that I know of), publishes a=20 >> hardware compatibility list [1] that you can consult to see if the=20 >> hardware you intend to purchase is supported. In general, most major=20 >> manufacturers' systems will work fine, although the newest systems can= =20 >> sometimes be problematic. >=20 > most desktop/servers. not laptops. all lenovo/ibm works fine but this is= =20 > exception. most laptops can run only windoze. I've got a secondhand Dell Latitude C610 that runs FreeBSD perfectly. Before that I had a Compaq Armada M700 that also worked perfectly. If you can get a good look at the specs, especially at the chipset used, you can normally get a pretty good idea if it will run FreeBSD. Better yet, if you are thinking of buying a laptop, go to the store with a FreeBSD boot CD and test. If they don't let you do that, take your business somewhere else. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgOBQEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXkDACbBvshQgi1MtWS7iyW6vQytv4n Pz4An0JSgXa/V61QV734l4PLRf4Nf/6y =gstN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--