From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 7 15:39:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 D882F16A580; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:39:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joel@FreeBSD.org) Received: from av6-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (av6-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F30A643D7B; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:38:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joel@FreeBSD.org) Received: by av6-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id C762D37EBC; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:38:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av6-2-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B85B937E78; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:38:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dude.automatvapen.se (81-235-164-56-no21.tbcn.telia.com [81.235.164.56]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0EC137E49; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:38:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Joel Dahl To: lopisaur@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1157632696.92392.14.camel@hellion.clcw> References: <1157632696.92392.14.camel@hellion.clcw> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:38:42 +0200 Message-Id: <1157643522.667.6.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: hp or Toshiba laptop? 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, 07 Sep 2006 15:39:05 -0000 On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 08:38 -0400, Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner wrote: > Hi guys, > I'm looking into buying a new laptop in the next week, > due to budget, time and the fact that I'm near the end of civilization > right now, > I have the following choices: > Toshiba Tecra A6-SP3032 (Core Duo 1.83GHz, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > (802.11a/b/g), Intel PRO/1000 VE 10/100/1000 Base-TX, FastIR, Intel > GMA950, Realtek ALC861 Audio, 5-in-1 cardreader, FireWire) > or > hp nx6320 (Same specs, except Broadcom NetLink Gig-Ethernet (BCM5788M) > and ADI1981HD audio, no cardreader). I'd go for the HP. I bought a HP nx7400 2 weeks ago (which has similar specs) and everything except sound and the wireless stuff seems to work. A Beta driver for the sound exists and it works well on my laptop, but it hasn't been committed to current yet. Dunno about the status of wireless support, but I heard rumors about a port of the wpi(4) driver from OpenBSD. -- Joel