From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 11 22:37:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C789016A402 for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 22:37:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAA9613C457 for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 22:37:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 759EC1A000B0E for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Xwa8+DyG1c1V for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04EF91A000B0C for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:17 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <001601c793a5$106c5310$6601a8c0@KGISH> <20070511175144.F69508@volatile.chemikals.org> In-Reply-To: <20070511175144.F69508@volatile.chemikals.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705111520.17774.fcash@ocis.net> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... 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: Fri, 11 May 2007 22:37:50 -0000 On Friday 11 May 2007 02:53 pm, Wes Morgan wrote: > On Fri, 11 May 2007, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was wondering which laptops > > are recommended for a high-end system. > > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > I've always loved Toshiba laptops. I'm running -current on a Tecra M5, > which is my 3rd Toshiba. It should run -stable no problem. You'll just > need to run the binary HDA driver to get sound support. And of course, > SMP is much better in -current anyway (-current has always been > extraordinarliy stable for me IMO). The Satellite line of Toshiba laptops are pretty much crap. I've yet to find a Satellite user that likes their laptop. Even when running Windows XP on it. Getting non-Windows OSes running on them tends to be a frustrating endeavor. The Satellite Pro line is just slightly better, but not much. I've heard great things about the Tecra line, although I've never used on personally. -- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net