From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 19:08:48 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 0CA5B16A420 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:08:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 365CD43D46 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:08:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id y25so327264nfb for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:08:44 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=HY9LJ5SOK+lEGQpX8bShhserAV7e4gnOFyETqj04L6nIg0XA/1v/LeAOaXVGa1U7QvL8dGu3mSCXJnYFuVmGKpTnG7C+9EENTxGQjKsuBDOCob1/YBPFcx0jNs/vRNpcom1mZ0rsKKf1KJsmFcUqkdbijP/l2etwXZOHAiaaxgk= Received: by 10.49.80.12 with SMTP id h12mr524043nfl; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:08:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.211.7 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:08:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:08:42 -0500 From: "Xn Nooby" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: small freebsd laptop suggestions? 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: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:08:48 -0000 I would like to get a small laptop dedicated to (desktop) FreeBSD 6.x, ideally one that could run Win2000 inside QEMU and has an nVidia chip so I can do OpenGL stuff. Any suggestions? It doesnt have to be superfast, though I would prolly want to drop a 100GB 2.5" drive in it later. 2 years ago I foolishly bought a HP Pavillion, and I have to use an externa= l keyboard with it for FreebSD (or else it wont boot). The HP laptop is now = a dedicated Windows machine (and I'd return it if I could). Is anyone using a laptop that they are happy with? Maybe a refurbished Thinkpad? (though I prefer to buy lapotops new, in case they are duds). I dont particularly trust the online lists of "laptops that work with FreeBSD", since my other laptop is on one of them. I plan to carry the laptop around a lot, so I'm looking for something a little smaller than average. My HP Pavillion is about 7lbs, which is too big. Maybe a small Thinkpad, if they still make them?