Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:25:52 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sten_Daniel_S=F8rsdal?= <sten.daniel.sorsdal@wan.no> To: "Timothy Opie" <timopie@dodo.com.au>, <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: BSD support? Message-ID: <0AF1BBDF1218F14E9B4CCE414744E70F07DF77@exchange.wanglobal.net>
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>=20 > Hi all, >=20 > I am patiently saving money to purchase a laptop, hopefully=20 > by the end of this year. I would like to know if there are=20 > any laptop manufacturers that specificially support BSD, and=20 > by supporting they choose specific default hardware=20 > configurations that will give the least problems on BSD. >=20 > I did a BSD-Google search for laptop and notebook, and=20 > noticed that Dell came up more than any other company. I have=20 > been contemplating getting the Dell Inspiron 5150. >=20 > Does anyone have any comments on this model, or can anyone=20 > recommend a more BSD friendly laptop? >=20 > Cheers, > Tim >=20 >=20 Personally i own a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M (1ghz celery) and i run = 5-CURRENT. The only problems i've had with it is that it requires ACPI to boot=20 (some weird non existing flash blocks the kernel in endless timeout = loop). The only things i've had troubles with is; ACPI (lidclosing and standby breaks - everything else seems to work). Havent had the chance to fix the modem drivers (not recognized, i only = got mobile phone). Everything else works very well and i cant complain about the = performance. I recommend Fujitsu-Siemens, they have yet to disappoint me. (all my = coworkers are also happy). // Sten
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