From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 14:08:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81BFC16A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:08:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from yoda.anything-inc.com (adsl-068-153-193-053.sip.bct.bellsouth.net [68.153.193.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 662A243D46 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:08:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from "") Received: from /spool/local by anything-inc.com with [XMail 1.17 (FreeBSD/Ix86) LMAIL Server] for from <>; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:09:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:09:47 -0500 From: Bob Collins To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= Message-ID: <20040330220947.GA45392@yoda.anything-inc.com> References: <40686157.3020902@cs.uiowa.edu> <20040330201107.GA95453@empiric.dek.spc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Comment: No comment X-Cuse: I have none X-Editor: vi X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=3.5 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Best Laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:08:53 -0000 On Wed, Mar 31, 2004, Dag-Erling Smrgrav clacked the keyboard to produce: > Bruce M Simpson 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 > > > laptop is the best for running FreeBSD and which one has the easiest > > > 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 > -- > Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no Wow, considering that, I had no issues other than having to use OLDKERNEL to get my pcm slots working, my TP600X runs 4.9 perfectly. So much for the above. And considering the troubles I have had with office based Dell Brickbooks (at 9 pounds or so, they are not really portable) Inspirons and Latitudes, I would not use them if I could do otherwise. Just my 0.02. -- Bob "Play is the work of children. It's very serious stuff. And if it's properly structured in a developmental program, children can blossom." -Bob Keeshan aka `Captain Kangaroo'