From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 5 18:24:48 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 639AE37B401 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:24:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-94-58-56.stny.rr.com [24.94.58.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D32A43F75 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:24:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id 35DEF4FA80; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:09:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 308B5486D; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:09:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:09:23 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: Tak Pui LOU Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggested Laptop system In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Tak Pui LOU wrote: > Subject: Suggested Laptop system > > Hi All, > > Could anyone suggest a laptop model which has all the device support by > FBSD? I don't want something too old but I want to have sound card, > network card, etc. working under FreeBSD. > > Thanks, > --- > Lou > Pick a few based on price and performace, and use google to see how well the individual chipsets are supported. I've installed FBSD on several Thinkpads, and they've all behaved well. The only problems with a modern laptop and FBSD is winmodem support (if you need it, and it may work) and power management. The battery may not last as long as you think. A good place to see how well a particular model is supported is here: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ There are some similar sites for FBSD too. HTH - JB ___________________________________ John Bleichert syborg@stny.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message