From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 27 17:42:47 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 0F77C106566C for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:42:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vulpes.vvelox.net (vulpes.vvelox.net [99.69.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C428FC0C for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net (vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net [192.168.15.2]) (Authenticated sender: kitsune) by vulpes.vvelox.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7D7463F582 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:27:42 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:24:47 -0600 From: "Zane C. B-H." To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111127112447.68d8cdbc@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 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: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:42:47 -0000 On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:20:47 -0500 Xn Nooby wrote: > 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. On all the laptops where I've cared about graphics performance, I went with one with a nVidia chipset. Unless I am mistaken, that is the only real option currently for with X on FreeBSD, when it comes to having good OpenGL performance. In regards to UFS2, works perfectly fine for a laptop. In fact in general unless you really need expandable storage, there is little reason to use ZFS or any similar FS.