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From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
Subject: Recommended laptop for FreeBSD 10.2 Xfce workstation?
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freebsd-questions:

Thank you for the replies so far.  :-)


Is there such a thing as a "reference laptop" that FreeBSD is developed 
and validated against?


Failing that, I'm going to lower the bar and ask if there are *any* 
laptops that meet my basic needs OOTB:

     I'm looking for a new or used laptop that is known to work
     correctly with FreeBSD 10.2, Xfce, Firefox, Thunderbird, (whatever
     free) Office, etc., plus encryption and virtualization.


David