From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 19 20:57:05 2011 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 0188A1065693 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:57:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9781C8FC08 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:57:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so541743ewy.13 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:57:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.119.132 with SMTP id n4mr2489296eeh.42.1298149023357; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.119.1 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:57:02 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [64.81.163.112] In-Reply-To: <201102190236.p1J2a6cp042442@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201102190236.p1J2a6cp042442@fire.js.berklix.net> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:57:02 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS? 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: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:57:05 -0000 On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Reality: > =A0XP purchased with a Toshiba laptop runs native, but fails on > =A0virtualbox, on the same laptop. =A0I believe XP is crippled to only > =A0run on Toshiba, & vbox presents too clean/generic an environment ;-) Sometimes there can be activation issues with OEM versions of Windows XP. They're usually keyed to the manufacturer's BIOS.