Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:50:30 -0500 From: Chris BeHanna <cbehanna@panasas.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with HP, Compaq? Message-ID: <200312231650.30382.cbehanna@panasas.com> In-Reply-To: <87zndjidfr.fsf@lomond.aae.uiuc.edu> References: <87zndjidfr.fsf@lomond.aae.uiuc.edu>
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On Tuesday 23 December 2003 13:42, D. Michael McFarland wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Occasionally I drool over the laptops in places like Best Buy,
> thinking, "If I had just one more computer, I wouldn't have to wrestle
> VMware...," etc., etc. Lately, the prices and specs have improved to
> where I may finally be willing to put my money where my mouth is. It
> looks like about US$1150 (less rebates if I'm quick about it) would
> get me either a Compaq Presario 2195US or an HP ze4560us, so I'm here
> to ask if anyone can support my pipe dream by affirming FreeBSD runs
> reasonably well on either of these machines.
>
> The specs for the two notebooks are nearly identical: AMD Athlon XP-M
> 2500+, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB HD, ATI Mobility graphics, USB, FireWire,
> CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. I don't expect the built-in wireless (11g) will
> ever work, but I'd like to know 100Base-T does. "16-bit Sound
> Blaster Pro-compatible audio" could be anything, I suppose.
For about that same price, Best Buy has an eMachines laptop w/17"
widescreen (1280x768) LCD, the same Athlon-M, and the same ATI video
chip.
I have no idea if FreeBSD will run on it. The wide screen is a
definite attention-getter, and the blue LEDs look pretty trick, too.
"Dory, look!"
"What?"
"Something shiny!"
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
Turning coffee into software since 1990.
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