From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 13:04:37 2009 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 F195D106564A for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:04:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C71648FC16 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:04:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so11625675wfg.7 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:04:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=TFMR4l7JlJjIDDoM6mTGycjExvRBC8LOknqLCv6beW0=; b=T9wVER3vwyDfYLMIo9HsImeLgsqXHQbIJXySmJdK4Gu3tfZVb7mUmNhetog8RSrevw +0do4MS2AEEeY64Wm1HJBipQPmEnc9Yjiz42JqxT6gTgdkCY7S7Ujaflxg7mLHGtCONX QqsmPvakLEfo5GWhMzLBcrAmcNDNbg89BvpiM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=aHwhp+wFbSzocoAAo/zthg2O0EYuHxXdglmmy+I0/u/UphTknifuao1OzHyrxUcaaU uplNwQY+RVvvp7EcDuA6Zq9/A7Um1KULC+LWQNeDw8AY5jVHu9N+I6A0NShvA991WYHZ m8aSpT7JoLk+o23Kf9owYGaoKEflweptnVkwA= Received: by 10.142.57.19 with SMTP id f19mr580905wfa.80.1231419877339; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:04:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.207.1 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 05:04:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <64c038660901080504s3f2b01c7r7a047adabaff155b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 06:04:37 -0700 From: Modulok To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: FreeBSD-friendly laptop suggestions, but wait there's more... 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: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:04:38 -0000 List, Does anyone know of a laptop, preferably an older model so it's inexpensive, (It doesn't have to be very fast.), that is: 1) FreeBSD friendly. 2) Isn't a portable skillet? 3) Is physically sturdy. Not bulletproof, but not creaking, sagging plastic. Every laptop I've used in the past has had terrible overheating problems. If one places a 'laptop' in their lap, it overheats, possibly burning the legs of the operator with prolonged use. I want a laptop, not a laptop attached to a desk or a board with fans in it, or the need to hunt down a desk so I can set my laptop on the desktop, effectively creating a desktop. I want to be able to set the laptop on top of my lap. (Hard to imagine.) The last laptop I had was a gateway, which when held by the corner would creak and sag and overheated constantly. The Toshiba was sturdier, but had equally atrocious ventilation and overheating problems. I was originally thinking about a thinkpad, like a T20 or T30, but word on the street is that thinkpads overheat too? Does such a thing exist? -Modulok-