Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:01:16 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Jason Dusek <jdusek@cs.uiowa.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The Best Laptop Message-ID: <xzphdw6q9jn.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040330201107.GA95453@empiric.dek.spc.org> (Bruce M. Simpson's message of "Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:11:07 %2B0100") References: <40686157.3020902@cs.uiowa.edu> <20040330201107.GA95453@empiric.dek.spc.org>
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Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> writes: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 12:48:07PM -0500, Jason Dusek wrote: > > I am in the market for a new laptop and I would like to know which=20 > > laptop is the best for running FreeBSD and which one has the easiest=20 > > setup. Any suggestions? > The IBM ThinkPad T40 is currently rocking my world. The ThinkPad series has a long history of bad batteries, buggy BIOSes and AMLs, and idiosyncratic hardware which often requires a DOS or Windows utility to enable / disable / configure. I'd recommend a Dell Latitude (not Inspiron!) instead. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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