Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 09:47:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Joshua Lewis" <jmlewis@dslextreme.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Natively Supported Notebook Message-ID: <3714a2e78ea117fba173c7a.20040514094725.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com>
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Does FreeBSD have any officially supported laptop? I have been researching FreeBSD for two years now and I do not know why (I have never successfully installed and used the OS. Having tried well over 40 times) but I want desperately to use it. Now I know there are going to be a lot of *nix veterans reading this thinking “Two years! What are you an idiot!”? Well I am not. Just busy with three kids a wife who would rather I be with her then in front of the computer. I don’t have the $$ to go buy new hardware every time I want to install a new OS and I know my problems boil down to unsupported hardware. I have great computers but they are not supported. That sucks so badly. First system – Current primary desktop Asus A7N8X Deluxe (nForce 2) XP 2500+ Onboard LAN (unsupported) MSI nVidia Gforce4TI 4400 1GB Corsair memory 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important) Second System – Currently sitting on the floor collecting dust Abit A7n-MAX2 ATI 9500 (I think it has been a while since I built that one. Did they make a 9500?) 512MB (Don’t remember the brand of memory) 2 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important) Third System – Running Windows 2000 as my web server MSI K7n420 (nForce 1) 512MB (Don’t remember the brand of memory) onboard video (nForce) onboard LAN (unsupported) So I have been trying for the longest time to set up a Server and a workstation. I am thinking of purchasing a notebook (I really like the Alienware Area 51 notebook) and want to have a dual boot system to run my business. My ultimate goal to not need to pay the outlandish MS licensing fees. Am I on a quest to fail? Does anyone have a recommendation (other then a bullet) of a good system that I can continue to develop on (I know a notebook is not the best dev platform. But I spend so much time on the train with my commute the time is just wasted)? So there is my scenario. I hope some one has a helpful suggestion. Heck I am willing to BBQ up the best ribs you have ever had to anyone in southern California willing to come over to help out (not likely I know) Thank you, Joshua
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