From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 15 03:36:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78F3416A492 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:36:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804C943D6A for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:36:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 27142 invoked from network); 15 Nov 2006 14:36:48 +1100 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO localhost) (210.8.93.2) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 15 Nov 2006 14:36:48 +1100 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:36:44 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Jeff Rollin" Message-ID: <20061115143644.0a807f96@localhost> In-Reply-To: <8a0028260611141810x4ab26d9aq9fc4d3197d91288@mail.gmail.com> References: <8a0028260611141810x4ab26d9aq9fc4d3197d91288@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netbsd-help@netbsd.org, misc@openbsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 03:36:50 -0000 On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:10:31 +0000 "Jeff Rollin" wrote: > Hi BSD people > > First of all, apologies for cross-posting but I'm looking to buy a new > laptop and simultaneously learning to run a flavour of BSD on it. I've some > experience with Linux, so I'm not a total n00b, but I haven't really done > much "in-depth" with any BSD. > > I would like to know what laptop vendors/models people recommend for > installing BSD on, and what gaps (if any) exist in hardware support. To get > things started I should mention that I was looking at buying one of either > IBM/Lenovo, Fujitsu, or the British makes Mesh or Acorn - but I'm not > opposed to other suggestions. The system should have, at minimum: > Hi Jeff, you may want to search the mobile@ archives, as there are *plenty* of postings about this specific question, and other postings that should give some useful information... FWIW, i'm running a Thinkpad z60m with no probs at all...not 64 bit though. suspend works really well...search the archives for complete details... good luck, _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.