From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 28 16:00:28 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA06490 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:00:28 -0700 Received: from schizo.cdsnet.net (mrcpu@schizo.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA06481 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:00:23 -0700 Received: (from mrcpu@localhost) by schizo.cdsnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA15898; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:00:17 -0700 Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:00:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Jaye Mathisen To: Nate Williams cc: Derek Laufenberg x7-4534 , freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop Recomended for Freebsd In-Reply-To: <199509281636.KAA20531@rocky.sri.MT.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, Nate Williams wrote: > I *highly* recommend the NEC Versa/P, or any of the NEC's which have the > high-res 800x600 screen. The extra pixels are a lifesaver, and after > using the NEC I'm having a hard-time using the ThinkPad. :( I concur. I have one as well, and just am ordering a NEC 4000, which I hope works as well. > > Another plus of the NEC is it has a built-in SoundBlaster compatible > sound-card which is supported by FreeBSD. I think this is true only on the P. THe M models have something that is kind of close, but not really. > > For ethernet cards the 3COM 3C589B is the easiest card to get working, > and it works quite well. I don't have any experience with any other > card, so others can chime in.