From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 20:34:49 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 A8B3916A420 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:34:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3108343D48 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:34:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i30so335737wxd for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:34:48 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qqFZr5D2uO7nCMnZlF1P5Kp7m1m697NpInwdsUiA81qJSPzAHMFWgrXpO1xB4a8vA8neSnZBIAMCgw+8yu3/2ua/maosIXITvoiJJBTzR+t7x0QXZteUXDx3TYTekJzKCI3kIdsRgx8cr2pBxxOvqWtH0WRTfE1yrAHLUTDWQ1o= Received: by 10.70.75.1 with SMTP id x1mr1418058wxa; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:34:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.65.9 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:34:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:34:48 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton To: Xn Nooby In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 20:34:49 -0000 On 2/17/06, Xn Nooby wrote: > 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 exter= nal > keyboard with it for FreebSD (or else it wont boot). The HP laptop is no= w 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? You want a Apple PowerBook err... MacBook Pro. I have a G4 model and it's sweet... anyways, if you don't want a Mac then look for corporate / large business orientated notebooks. They normally don't have all the stupid whiz-bang features found on home notebooks and are modular across product lines. For example I had and HP OmniBook 6000 (700Mhz) and desided I wanted a faster book so I found a striped out OmniBook 6100 (1.13Ghz PIII-M) on eBay. It used the same batteries, drive trays, PowerBrick, etc. so I just used the ones from the old notebook. As for the OB6100 I have, I've never tried FreeBSD on it but SuSE 9.3 Pro worked perfect. I Have Win2K on it now so I can run Multisim, Mathematica, Maple, and other proprietary software I need for college. (Going back to school for computer engineering degree.) You can pickup used notebooks at RetroBox. "RetroBox clients are Fortune 500 companies. When a Fortune 500 company upgrades to leading edge technology, they leave behind a trail of some of the best maintained previously-owned desktop computer equipment available. Well, we're all over it!" http://www.retrobox.com/rbwww/home/search_results_pc_laptops.asp?bin_id=3Dw= orld