From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 01:12:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A4916A41F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:12:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD96E43D5D for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:12:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.179]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IQD0043LVD0XZ80@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:12:36 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IQD0087OVD02FA0@pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:12:36 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.100] ([24.85.154.162]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IQD002HAVCZT310@l-daemon> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:12:36 -0700 (MST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.362 [267.13.5/177]); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:12:46 -0800 Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:12:46 -0800 From: Graham North To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <4383C20E.20509@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=======AVGMAIL-4383C20E12D9=======" X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Laptop choices 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: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 01:12:37 -0000 --=======AVGMAIL-4383C20E12D9======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Am currently trying to choose between a couple of laptops, the luck winner of which will have Freebsd loaded alongside WinXP. Dell Latitude d600 with Radeon 9000? video, intel pro wireless or IBM R51 - Intel Extreme2, intel pro wireless. The main differences will likely be the video and maybe bios, acpi...? Can someone suggest to me whether these are both safe choices? Am I better off installing 5.4 or 6.0? Thanks, Graham/ -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --=======AVGMAIL-4383C20E12D9======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.5/177 - Release Date: 11/21/2005 --=======AVGMAIL-4383C20E12D9=======--