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To: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu>, mobile@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: winbook & FreeBSD
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I have 3.2 stable running on an older winbook (an XP5).  No problems with video or
network.  I have not been interested in modem or sound so have not tried anything
with them.  The AmbiCom 10baseT card works fine although you can purchase a little
cheaper than winbook sells them for.  Shop around on the net.  I think that I paid
about $40 from J&R computers.

One caution about winbook is that they sometimes do not deliver what you order and
it a hassle sending it back to get it right (more than once.)  I have heard this
from others and my experience has been consistent with this.  They do seem to be a
good value though.

Joseph Scott wrote:

>         I've recently been given the go ahead to look for a couple of notebooks
> for work.  Since I'd like to be able to dual boot FreeBSD on one I'm
> interested in finding out what works and what doesn't with 3.2 ( or 3.3
> since it's coming out soon ).
>
>         After spending sometime looking at different notebooks on the web I'm
> starting to lean towards Winbook ( I know, isn't the name ironic since I
> want it to run FreeBSD? ), specifically :
>
> WinBook XL2
>
> My main concerns of course are : Video, Network, Modem and Sound ( in
> that order ).
>
> The specs for the machine can be found at :
>
> http://www.winbook.com/xl2400128.html
>
> I think the video will probably be ok, but here's my choice of NIC's
> from winbook :
>
> AmbiCom 10bT Network Card
> 3COM 10 Mbps LAN PC Card
> AmbiCom XL/XLi/XL2 10/100bT CardBus
> 3COM XL/XLi/XL2 10/100bT LAN CardBus
>
> My understanding was that FreeBSD doesn't support cardbus, so the last
> two are out.  What about the 3COM 10Mb, it doesn't say what the chipset
> is so it's not much to go on.
>
> Does anyone else know if the stuff from Winbook will work OK with
> FreeBSD?
>
> Another question would be, if you had your choice of any notebook to run
> FreeBSD on, what would you pick?  ( The idea being, which notebooks
> support FreeBSD the best. )
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
>
> Joseph Scott
> joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu
> Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento
>
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