From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 13 16:09:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA06351 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:09:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.camalott.com (mail.camalott.com [208.203.140.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA06331 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:09:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-76.camalott.com [208.229.74.76]) by mail.camalott.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA19453; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:10:49 -0500 Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA08253; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:08:41 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:08:41 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199808132308.SAA08253@detlev.UUCP> To: lc001@yahoo.com CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <19980813215010.20298.rocketmail@send103.yahoomail.com> (lc001@yahoo.com) Subject: Re: Which vendors' PC you would recommend for FreeBSD? better with DVD supported From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.org References: <19980813215010.20298.rocketmail@send103.yahoomail.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm going to buy PCs and intend to have FreeBSD/Linux/NT/Win95 coexist. > Which vendors' machines would you suggest? I don't worry about how to > make them coexist but more concern with will the hardware be supported > by FreeBSD and/or Linux. Please comment. I normally suggest homebrew. If you want a large OEM, I like Gateway 2000. They tend to use fairly standard parts, or at least used to. The best suggestion: Ask the vendors you're considering about their hardware. Look at the OSs' docs. The remainder is left as an exercise to the reader. Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message