From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 03:07:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E662106566B for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:07:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18D168FC0C for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:07:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from [192.168.213.128] (jn@stealth.jnielsen.net [74.218.226.254]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n3H2T2D1006258; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:29:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) From: John Nielsen To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:29:01 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <20090414221428.GA1340@localhost> <3da95d640904142027hc36911cj233d78017c2c24fc@mail.gmail.com> <20090416233418.GA1881@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20090416233418.GA1881@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904162229.01491.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Pavel Gorshkov Subject: Re: need help choosing a laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:07:58 -0000 On Thursday 16 April 2009 07:34:18 pm Pavel Gorshkov wrote: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:27:17AM -0300, Douglas wrote: > > You might check this out :) > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2009-March/011396.h > >tml > > Thanks, I've read that thread in the past, just as the other huge > thread labeled 'laptop suggestions', but there isn't much to > choose from. > > Dell XPS M1330 is way too small for my purposes, I was hoping to > find something with a bigger screen, more USB ports, ATI RadeonHD > instead of Nvidia (for obvious reasons) etc. > > Something like e.g. Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xa 3530, which > unfortunately doesn't look FreeBSD-friendly :-) I haven't looked recently but in the past Fujitsu LifeBooks have been good options, especially if you can still custom-configure one and get the Atheros wireless, etc. 8000 series IIRC. JN