From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 14:45:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBD91065673 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:45:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f216.google.com (mail-bw0-f216.google.com [209.85.218.216]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C678FC14 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1218330bwz.3 for ; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:45:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=s8ygSmYOs/koesi5TFjGGx/O5pRxApVkaflpfEW2zys=; b=YXSP72k9VvtV6PnZ1U0sjmqLQNv2Ze5k/Dz3W2LIYKiym1ECrhVyeCGXjnOHG5ZNsg QHxYT5HTLf27SoYy9dBJ5G3PVlBlvBVa1K02vJobzHjL8wFPUyYVyR64nZ6M85cnRAK9 mHNwsX7cQqJCLTKG7QBbq26/lGclVH9o2H6GY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aK28yy/FSJ/lXzq4FtprfZ+U2gx8v3yu7WFWq/6iwWHFT+xm9G+6hTXv/UxpdVRkC1 YvSNmdPD7sUNq8+j/kuap0UBaJMo1xnVu/5MRmnLMu/PEuEgSivXIql3ygB11t9oHVuN tmCjokjaCivpseuPQW3+Z7gZHRFrT9IMitwtk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.102.255.25 with SMTP id c25mr6179080mui.80.1267627509589; Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:45:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B8EDF8C.2050301@gmail.com> References: <4B8EDF8C.2050301@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:45:09 +0100 Message-ID: <19e9a5dc1003030645s3e531d2er5957ac6713c6d867@mail.gmail.com> From: Gonzalo Nemmi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Suitable laptop for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:45:16 -0000 On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Aaron Lewis wr= ote: > On 3/3/2010 1:48 AM, Andreas Davour wrote: >> >> I am thinking of buying a new laptop, and want one which will work fine >> with FBSD. Anyone have any suggestions? >> >> It must have a connector for a external screen (i.e. a projector when >> doing presentations), wireless, ~15" screen, lots of memory, and optical >> unit, and preferable a long battery time (i.e. CPU speed is not that >> important). >> >> Webpages, own experiences or any other comparisons available? >> >> Please cc me if answering. >> >> /andreas >> > You May want to checkout this list: > > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ > > > Here's some suggestions , =A0don't choose ATI video cards. =A0( No UNIX D= rivers > .. ) Here=B4s another suggestion: don=B4t buy anything that has a Broadcom (BCM) ethernet and/or wireless card of any kind. You=B4ll find that your hardware has no support at all or that the existen support has some serious issues (specially regarding ACPI) My 2 cents > Well , i'm on ThinkPad R400 , ATI Mobile HD 3400 and an integrated Video > Card , > FBSD doesn't boot when i switched to ATI Video card. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >