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Date:      Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:52:42 -0400
From:      "Brian A Seklecki (Mobile)" <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        Palle Girgensohn <girgen@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: recommendation for workstation hardware
Message-ID:  <1193932362.3974.26.camel@ingress.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <B29A8FAEED023A04D1BF70F7@rambutan.pingpong.net>
References:  <B29A8FAEED023A04D1BF70F7@rambutan.pingpong.net>

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On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 14:49 +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need recommendations for a bunch of developer's workstations, preferrably 
> something that can be bought in Sweden, and comes with decent warranties 
> etc. We used to build our own machines, but really don't see the point 
> about that anymore?
> 
> We want to run FreeBSD, possibly version 7 right away, maybe we start with 
> 6.3. Any tips/informations are valuable. We've just browsed some vendors 
> here, and HP has this:

Avoid the Dell Optiplex 755.  Something very wrong on RELENG_6.  PCI Bus
probe freezes solid -- never get to MFS root 

~BAS

> 
> HP Pavilion m8146 - Intel C2D E6550 / 2GB / 320GB / Radeon X1700SE / 
> DVD+-RW / Vista HP
> 
> I guess that would be OK. Will it work well with FreeBSD? Other success 
> stories?
> 
> Regards,
> Palle
> 
> 
> 
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