From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 14:40:46 2005 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 131F116A41F for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:40:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C4E443D46 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:40:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 83179 invoked by uid 89); 8 Nov 2005 14:40:42 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 83166, pid: 83171, t: 1.1386s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.86.2/m:33/d:1045 spam: 3.0.4 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.100.179?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@213.196.191.65) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Nov 2005 14:40:41 -0000 Message-ID: <4370B8E4.3050801@ultra-secure.de> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:40:36 +0100 From: Rainer Duffner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael W. Lucas" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20051108141443.GA54054@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20051108141443.GA54054@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on bsd.ultra-secure.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=7.5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Cc: Subject: Re: new 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: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:40:46 -0000 Michael W. Lucas wrote: >Hi folks, > >I can't find this discussion in the archives for the last couple of >months, so I guess it's time to ask: I'm looking for a new FreeBSD >laptop. Any recommendations? > >Ideally, it would have an amd64 CPU > Tough to find good ones. Also rules out Dell. >and hardware 3d video >acceleration. > > ...which you can only get with Nvidia-Cards. Or does ATI provide 3d-drivers that work with FreeBSD6? There are probably a handful (or less) laptops available with the above combination. Last time I looked, they were difficult to get to work even with Linux. My advice: wait for the Intel-Apples and buy one of those. Rainer