From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 08:28:39 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 15ECF1065675 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:28:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC1EE8FC34 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:28:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m2O8SEU0013956; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:28:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Fred C" , "Derek Ragona" Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:29:16 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <486D09FD-3808-4627-A90D-1E343B76122E@bsdhost.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:28:17 -0700 (PDT) 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 08:28:39 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Fred C > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 4:48 PM > To: Derek Ragona > Cc: Joe Demeny; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Laptop advice > > > 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. > Unfortunately, it is quite common for laptop vendors to write specs that use different names than industry standard for the components, so it is difficult to figure this out in advance. What you want to do is get yourself a FreeBSD boot CD then go visit a computer vendor that has display models. Do not order a laptop online. Visit a brick and mortar vendor, and try booting fbsd on each of the display models. Ted