From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 19 18:46:07 2009 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 49F8B10656C0 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:46:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maciej@suszko.eu) Received: from 30.mail-out.ovh.net (30.mail-out.ovh.net [213.186.62.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A1DF58FC1E for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:46:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maciej@suszko.eu) Received: (qmail 5133 invoked by uid 503); 19 Mar 2009 18:46:23 -0000 Received: from b7.ovh.net (HELO mail433.ha.ovh.net) (213.186.33.57) by 30.mail-out.ovh.net with SMTP; 19 Mar 2009 18:46:23 -0000 Received: from b0.ovh.net (HELO queue-out) (213.186.33.50) by b0.ovh.net with SMTP; 19 Mar 2009 17:02:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (maciej@suszko.eu@62.61.57.118) by ns0.ovh.net with SMTP; 19 Mar 2009 17:02:00 -0000 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:01:57 +0100 From: Maciej Suszko To: utisoft@gmail.com Message-ID: <20090319180157.3f29cfee@suszko.eu> In-Reply-To: References: <49b94250.0c11660a.248d.ffffa80e@mx.google.com> <3a142e750903121053j7f1c4b08tbcd31f8a6d78fd52@mail.gmail.com> <1237368919.4549.36.camel@slate1> <3a142e750903180317t71bd142cyc8c76a707a943041@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/6yW1ixeR0rHsvGh33MKkBRj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Ovh-Tracer-Id: 8829307071541108806 X-Ovh-Remote: 62.61.57.118 () X-Ovh-Local: 213.186.33.20 (ns0.ovh.net) X-Spam-Check: DONE|H 0.5/N Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List , utisoft@googlemail.com Subject: Re: is there a laptop ? 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: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:46:07 -0000 --Sig_/6yW1ixeR0rHsvGh33MKkBRj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris Rees wrote: > As far as the WLAN support goes, you can always replace the cards. > Searching on eBay or old laptops is often a good bet. Ralink and > Atheros are your best bets as aforementioned; Free drivers! If you mean replacing mPCI cards - it's not always possible. HP has got device whitelists implemented in their BIOS - you can replace WiFi cards to those they're selling with their laptops. I visited some sites describing BIOS modifications - yes, it's possible, but you there's always big chance to got your computer bricked :| As far as I know - some IBM models have such whitelists as well... > Oh, I'll agree with everyone saying IBM laptops are the best; but they > sold the Thinkpad line to Lenovo, who as I've mostly found have kept > up the standards. They are excellent buys. >=20 > Good luck... --=20 regards, Maciej Suszko. --Sig_/6yW1ixeR0rHsvGh33MKkBRj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknCeogACgkQCikUk0l7iGpDOACfWLSHKmcJKMlcrIcDR+ZSDnfv k50An1v9zjX64P/aaeMqtkG8T7GM5KTA =kFCD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/6yW1ixeR0rHsvGh33MKkBRj--