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On 02/18/17 17:39, Warren Block wrote:
> ... my most recent notebooks: Dell Latitude ... E7440, ...
> The entry on the wiki for the Dell E7240 has everything I wished I could
> ask before buying it.  The E7440 is essentially the same thing with a
> 14-inch screen.  Both can be had with 1920x1080 screens, which I
> strongly recommend because the lower-res screen is not IPS.

How well does FreeBSD 11 work OOTB on the Dell E7440?


What things have you wrestled with?  How much success?


Would you recommend a Dell E7440 for a FreeBSD noob?


> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops/Dell_Latitude_E7240_i5-4310U

Does this information match your experiences with FreeBSD 11.0 and 
current patches (p7)?


David