From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 01:13:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8769D1065685 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:13:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 141F58FC17 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:13:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so352217uge.37 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:13:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=XbjB5MvwoACBtIMGEGeWqmt/tsUyzwIHZt5YO8Au+84=; b=rBho9ZyosrBnBVV/+antWXT3jR7KXLid8GwzvoqWmbQPZ3Ur7OmFE258H4EGN4wGU4 omzKpE7oe/5Vb/YRPrAFdDPm8fPPSDvcleNR5rREJqjt/kUXsqNWFu5uLl/LfwmB2ZkD xD7pfjaf8LMPg/Nqq7lpXfxLu2NbYWvZzCCxU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=m4+T9avV5GNCXVsXh/aEPQY6u0ozUFvZxhfcud7fpiDZkTfoh+ysjzsS/ix4yxvtAW M7gEHyib0cUtwmoNrtDgrd52nvwbGwtxdCqsvw+h8th7olvsV2aSY90YhS4LM71TzMZx aRTePoE3AOAHAZq5oAICP+QOBYMb2uFYDC1zQ= Received: by 10.67.115.12 with SMTP id s12mr1847545ugm.51.1217465101351; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.234.1 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:45:01 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: "Achim Patzner" In-Reply-To: <8C2BF4B9-14CD-40EA-B22E-DBB7060BFE46@bnc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <86y73j341e.fsf@ds4.des.no> <86bq0ftjf6.fsf@ds4.des.no> <8C2BF4B9-14CD-40EA-B22E-DBB7060BFE46@bnc.net> Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:13:44 -0000 On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Achim Patzner wrote: > Am 30.07.2008 um 18:40 schrieb Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav: >> >> I don't understand what Macs have to do with this - we're talking about >> iX Systems's made-for-BSD laptop. > > The thread started with someone asking for a mobile computer that > would support FreeBSD sufficiently and nobody came up with something > fitting the bill (and being available somewhere). Considering the > picture you're seeing at any place where more than two hardcore Unix > users assemble you're seeing a majority of Macs. There has to be an > obvious reason for that... I tried to break that habit more than once > but right now the only comfortable way of running FreeBSD on a laptop > is VMware Fusion on a Mac. Reading this entire thread convinced me > even more. Please define "comfortable". I've been running FreeBSD 7.0 pretty comfortably on my HP nx6320 for several months now. I never attempted to use neither Bluetooth nor the fingerprint reader, so I don't miss them. The only real drawback I've found was that the memory card reader does not work. I also ran 8.0-CURRENT on a HP 6910p because 7.0 did not support the WI-FI card. -- Carlos Santos Working, but not speaking (or advertising) for HP :-)