From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 13:46:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5981C106566B for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:46:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7F08FC15 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:46:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by faar19 with SMTP id r19so739503faa.13 for ; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:46:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=peYixG5TWbcgK9NNHJKO2xSMtckTgtUZhWHrQt0cCHw=; b=ZXmZbAWgEJrv1CfxBuAdhObAbxnVk9UAhSMxzfpZUUB+Q7X2/1dSR0bMX4+TRia7lw Rzaedr8SEnl9Ux5USm2npuNGDV7U++SQKdxiZaQQ8hdrpIl1xaMBvUM3fNy0BwNMFm/1 8gZWht1GTTwH3FjUs5w2fIkJmoar6CwkoQ0Rc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.102.148 with SMTP id fo20mr8635479lab.51.1320758447199; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:20:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.6.227 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 05:20:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:20:47 -0500 Message-ID: From: Xn Nooby To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Best $1000 Freebsd laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:46:44 -0000 I bought a laptop that has an unsupported video card, so now it is my "windows laptop". I am thinking of getting another to be my "freebsd laptop", so I want to make sure it really works with FreebSD. I could probably spend <$1000 (USD) on one. I like the look of the Lenovos but I am unfamiliar with all the different models, and have never bought anything from their webstore. I normally buy from Dell or Amazon, and I never buy used or refurbished (unless its a car!). My main requirements are having long battery life, opengl graphics, vtx suppoort (virtualization). A decent drive (500+GB) and ram (6GB+) would be nice. I can't believe ZFS needs 6GB+ ram, and I am not sure I would want to get a lot of ram, just so I could use ZFS. On the other hand, I read that UFS is getting old. I would rather use RAM for running virtual machines. I'm scared to death of getting another machine that has an unsupported video card (like nvidia optimus), or no VTX. I want a long lasting machine that I can travel with, take to work, and not be limited by. My windows laptop is an i3 with VTX, and is a little under-powered, so I am thinking of an i5+. I don't do a lot of number-crunching, but I don't want it to be slow, either. Any suggestions?