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>Number:         32002
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       new FAQ: what hardware to buy
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 15 05:20:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michael Lucas
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
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>Environment:

yesterday's -doc tree

>Description:

If anyone actually reads the FAQ before asking questions, this might
help.

>How-To-Repeat:

Sit on -questions or -mobile for a while.

>Fix:

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        </qandaentry>
  
        <qandaentry>
+         <question id="which-hardware-to-get">
+           <para>I want to get a piece of hardware for my FreeBSD
+             system.  Which model/brand/type is best?</para>
+         </question>
+ 
+         <answer>
+           <para>This is discussed continually on the FreeBSD mailing
+             lists.  Since hardware changes so quickly, however, we
+             expect this.  We <emphasis>still</emphasis> strongly
+             recommend that you search the mailing list
+             <ulink URL="http://www.freebsd.org/search/#mailinglists">
+             archives</ulink> before asking about the latest and
+             greatest hardware.  Chances are a discussion about the
+             type of hardware you're looking for took place just last
+             week.</para>
+ 
+           <para>If you're looking for a laptop, check the
+             FreeBSD-mobile mailing list archives.  Otherwise, you
+             probably want the archives for FreeBSD-questions, or
+             possibly a specific mailing list for a particular hardware
+             type.</para>
+         </answer>
+       </qandaentry>
+ 
+       <qandaentry>
          <question id="supported-hard-drives">
            <para>What kind of hard drives does FreeBSD support?</para>
          </question>


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