From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 10:36:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64236106564A for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:36:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aggelidis.news@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 272558FC0C for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:36:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aggelidis.news@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so2461826wfg.7 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:36:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=tB+n/gq6K7uwSKRUPCgUIE/R4Gwuc8sBj0SWA+qrsZY=; b=bt08NwaIlfj5f7tCKTOCvccgetuBmOVtpvjlPpyMzT83b7l/i9IGqj1sqp9mCX/c4r AvFpbpv1myTmqKnVONKFhQNT07R4ggWenEQgp1sWTzjwTZEgyBikHFfN9LlYl/0olYZe fNL2qUjT98iERW23oDorRRsMBDeBWntY4U47Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=tFsFFShntcRLaw9+E0cbY2ZteQR85EcvNOOQ21u/IbnqWyDMLFdKqMloxa3ny87UIt 2ki2lE2V2rbD9kkt4xHZxOGb+TZumGD4J07aFqIhJtSjfpZWYQcjgRVwv6goGfd758f0 wzwGmRc4cxyHRnhhaYocNZGDvTf8C3wTI0FWc= Received: by 10.142.242.11 with SMTP id p11mr491349wfh.198.1216982197567; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:36:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.87.12 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:36:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <30fc78250807250336n4f52b0d0vd087fe01d1f940e6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:36:37 +0300 From: "Aggelidis Nikos" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" In-Reply-To: <20080725064436.GA64711@eos.sc1.parodius.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <1216945181.1179.23.camel@RabbitsDen> <20080725055135.GN53966@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20080725064436.GA64711@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:36:38 -0000 On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > "I'm buying a new computer, what should I buy?" > > Buy whatever suits your needs, and feels comfortable for you. > > With regards to OS compatibility, this is a difficult one. Googling to > see what other people have experienced is pretty much the only option, > or you get to find out yourself. But this is the reason Frank asks which computer to buy. I don't think he is expecting to be told about the weight of a laptop; he can figure this himself. But how can you figure OS compatibility from 20minutes test drive? That's why you ask for other persons experiences. Personally if i were to buy a laptop right now, i would buy one that would be fully compatible with bsd or linux even if this meant paying a few more euros or getting something heavier... Unfortunately this kind of info {OS-- compatibility} isn't advertised, or written in specs. >From my perspective freebsd should "advertise"(*) the laptops that work with it, out of the box, so that new users {like me} know what to buy; and large corporations have a benefit for promoting OS compatibility other than Windows(tm). -best regards nikos (*) when i say advertise , i mean make this info publicly available and easily accessible from the website