From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 20:14:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4E11106566B for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: from smtp111.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp111.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B4148FC25 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jeays@rogers.com) Received: (qmail 14640 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2008 19:48:16 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Disposition:Message-Id; b=yfBjW0k2NYsU8GhvF3vBX52VllNvwQCbbbDnj5XHYBoAoX+XTwuCB+je4Zi9LyspbyRU/an2qRbGRmfingJzch6+cKtbHN5hvD2Yq4+3PZHGRC3WzjAnunw5CKIdqmRo6HCEKh5wn10W7pf35M9yVtmUPfWmkscfId1FPQv7Wiw= ; Received: from unknown (HELO napoleon.local) (mike.jeays@rogers.com@99.224.75.182 with login) by smtp111.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Mar 2008 19:48:16 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: Se6d3msVM1nLu0SXkcmX3dIYXT0Ccy_9CQsNurkfusJhBgTQw7.rtwjZ0cLcBP8Zgbet7CDgjKRbcXJO1_kGs4YflUnTXCbxqkTkshabti02cTneTuI- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: Mike Jeays To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:48:06 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <172332.45773.qm@web56808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <172332.45773.qm@web56808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200803271548.07036.mike.jeays@rogers.com> Subject: Re: Laptop advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:14:57 -0000 On March 27, 2008 03:09:42 pm mdh wrote: > --- David Kelly wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 01:53:57PM -0400, Joe Demeny > > > > wrote: > > > In the end, the best advice seems to be indeed to > > > > take the FreeBSD CD > > > > > to the brick-and-mortar store... > > > > Or you could purchase an Apple Mac Book and have a > > commercially > > supported Unix pre-installed. Guess that would take > > all the "fun" out of > > it? > > While I like Mac products and OSX is pretty cool, I > still find their laptops a bit pricey. > > By the by, has anyone tried FreeBSD on one of those > little Asus EEEpc sublaptops? A real, tiny, i386 > laptop for $300 (plus maybe a bit more for an > additional SD card to bump the storage some) seems > like a truly awesome deal. > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ >_________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > 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" I bought an Eee PC, but haven't tried any other software on it yet. I can confirm that the hardware is a bargain, and I used it 'as is' while travelling for ten days, and it connected 'out of the box' to the wireless service provided in each hotel. A mouse is a great help, although the built-in pad is quite usable. I had no trouble with the tiny keyboard, except for needing the light on to read the keys. They are a really great innovation, IMHO. I am really pleased with mine. The wireless card may be the problem with FreeBSD. -- Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca