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Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:16:16 +0400
From: Kirill Bezzubets <kirill@solaris.ru>
To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Sony or Dell?  Or stick with Toshiba?
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On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 07:20:26PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been happily running FreeBSD on a P2-266 Toshiba for several years now.
> I'm thinking of upgrading by getting something on ebay.
> 
> I love the look and lightness of Sony Vaios, but I'd like to make sure which
> models are best for FreeBSD.  If none, I'd consider a Dell.  Or, am I better
> off with Toshiba, which has been known to be 'other OS friendly'?
> 
> 

DELLs I've had running FreeBSD 4.x-5.x:

Latitude XPi CD ;)

Latitude CP D

Latitude CPi D/ CPi A/ CPi R

Latitude CPx H

Latitude C500

Latitude C600

All of them worked perfectly, especially CPi/CPx/C500/C600 since 5.1-RELEASE

-- 
BR,
Kirill Bezzubets                                CASE-RIPE CASE-RIPN
CTO / Head Of N.O.C.                            mailto:kirill@solaris.ru
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