From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 12 16:13:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C27C5106566C for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cjr@cruwe.de) Received: from cruwe.de (cruwe.de [188.40.164.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78BC08FC15 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:13:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cruwe.de (unknown [127.0.0.4]) by cruwe.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5231DADD for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:54:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: by cruwe.de (Postfix, from userid 65534) id E10461DADC; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:54:20 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on mail.cruwe.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from dijkstra (p5B37A392.dip.t-dialin.net [91.55.163.146]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by cruwe.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 860EA1DAD0 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:54:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:54:12 +0200 From: "Christopher J. Ruwe" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110712175412.74091e99@dijkstra> In-Reply-To: <20110712151858.GA1091@faust> References: <20110712151858.GA1091@faust> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV on mail.cruwe.de using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: recommendations for laptop and desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:13:13 -0000 On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:18:58 +0200 Zoran Kolic wrote: > Comes a time to ask again and again the same question. > More I read, less I know. Just as I found that candida- > te for my new laptop, dell latitude 13 comes with anti- > glare screen and all hardware well supported, forums > reveal that it's 320gb hard drive heats a lot. It makes > vostro v13 better runner, but... > How sounds the idea to have a place on freebsd site for > such kind of data/wiki? Laptop recommendations should > include new models only, since older ones are not easy to > find in usable condition. Also, making a go for home > node, cold and quiet box, with parts fine under freebsd > is not so obvious. Especially for newer graphic chips. > It shows that my first idea to get cold phenom II on the > integrated mobo fails on almost all parts. > Yep, some kind of wiki, saying "phenom to use under 8.2 > to be cold and chip to find for amd mobo to take small > amount of power might be..." > At last, sad thing is that only before mentioned dell > comes supported and with matte screen. What is the box > you would recommend, not going deep into past decade? > Best regards all > > Zoran > Perhaps you already know this site (http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/)? The comment parts sometimes include relevant info, such as "fan alwas running". As to the last question, I am rather (very) fond of my Thinkpad R500 running FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE. Thinkpads in general seem enjoy a high reputation ... Cheers, -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2