From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 14:02:28 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2CAA1065670 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745478FC12 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:02:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxg33 with SMTP id 33so3039188vxg.13 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:02:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=rYT1uwlymmNSNWN+sJmcy55QKzyCOgIrDqqnf5JQxYQ=; b=H+NDnZkXQcX0ZE/Q8GiTPlTAoyCdzcEB1Tw+hR/SK4bEniT2sxqnrUWQbetNiQaqVi W+BVNv6eZtq4tQbHnvBP/asSDE5vgLZ9elYB+dz+sqV6oQmx+bJNMpOpsrnpYPLf40iu RSKSkltWydqBbK59Im9REJH6hjMA5ynaQbUDQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.38.230 with SMTP id j6mr1946364vdk.390.1310997747842; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:02:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.113.161 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:02:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E1F554A.90405@gmail.com> References: <20110712151858.GA1091@faust> <4E1F554A.90405@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:02:27 +0100 Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: Jim Bryant Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Zoran Kolic Subject: Re: recommendations for laptop and desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:02:28 -0000 On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Jim Bryant wrote: > stay away from newer hp laptops. > HP also like to lock-down which wifi cards you can use from BIOS - the machines won't complete POST with a 'bad' wifi card, so that's another strike as far as I am concerned. I've never had problems from modern dell laptops with nvidia graphics. I'm typing this on a Dell Latitude E6410 - Core i5, iwn wifi, em lan, nvidia graphics, webcam supported by webcamd... Cheers Tom