From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 00:47:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A838106564A for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fred@bsdhost.net) Received: from dos.kaslist.com (dos.kaslist.com [66.160.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F35B38FC19 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:47:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fred@bsdhost.net) Received: from dos.kaslist.com [66.160.134.9] by dos.kaslist.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Jdaqm-000OxL-74; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:47:44 -0700 X-Gpg-Fingerprint: A906 101E 2CCD BB18 D7BD 09AE E7EA 02EC 3B48 7EE9 From: Fred C To: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080321084645.02743ce0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Gpg-Url: http://fred.velvnet.com/gnupg/3B487EE9.asc References: <200803210556.50743.jd1987@borozo.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080321084645.02743ce0@mail.computinginnovations.com> Message-Id: <486D09FD-3808-4627-A90D-1E343B76122E@bsdhost.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:47:41 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Joe Demeny , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop advice 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: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:47:51 -0000 On Mar 21, 2008, at 6:48 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: > At 04:56 AM 3/21/2008, Joe Demeny wrote: >> I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114430 >> >> Does anyone have experience with these? >> >> Any suggestions for other comparable choices? > > I would choose the Toshiba, much better quality and support. You > may want to look at Lenovo's too. > > In a laptop I would look at the graphics if you plan to run X. In laptops you want to look at everything. If one of the chipset is not supported or badly you cannot like on a desktop change a component by an another. You want to go here http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/hardware.html and search if every component of you laptop is supported. -fred- -- Fred C! PGP-KeyID: E7EA02EC3B487EE9 PGP-FingerPrint: A906101E2CCDBB18D7BD09AEE7EA02EC3B487EE9