Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:29:57 -0600 From: eculp@casasponti.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-friendly laptop suggestions, but wait there's more... Message-ID: <20090108122957.17qwm4xcuvpc04sgw@intranet.casasponti.net> In-Reply-To: <fe7944830901080953l5f60357ay5cec03b9052005cb@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660901080504s3f2b01c7r7a047adabaff155b@mail.gmail.com> <fe7944830901080953l5f60357ay5cec03b9052005cb@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Gautham Ganapathy <gautham@lisphacker.org>: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote: >> List, >> >> Does anyone know of a laptop, preferably an older model so it's >> inexpensive, (It doesn't have to be very fast.), that is: >> As I mentioned in another thread, I just bought a Lenovo S10 with Atom processor 512k cache and 1G memory, 10+ screen, feels very solid, best scratch pad I've ever used and cost 399 dls. I haven't put unix on it. I'm probably going to buy another. I gave this one to my wife for her iTunes and iPhone (cheaper than MAC :( ) and while setting it up I was very pleasantly surprised at how solid it was and with great performance under XP that comes with it. ed >> 1) FreeBSD friendly. >> 2) Isn't a portable skillet? >> 3) Is physically sturdy. Not bulletproof, but not creaking, sagging plastic. >> > > My dell inspiron 9400 works quite well, except for > 1. Card reader > 2. Suspend/resume > > It does get a bit warm, but not more than when I am running windows. > Battery time was also pretty much the same > > It's no longer in production, but i believe the replacements are the > inspiron 1720 and the xps 1730 > > I am not sure if the newer 4965 802.11n wifi chipset that are > currently available would be supported, but you could opt for the 3945 > -- > Gautham Ganapathy > http://lisphacker.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." "Fracaso es la oportunidad de reiniciar con mas inteligencia" Henry Ford
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