Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 10:18:06 +0200 From: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> To: 'Andrew Elmore' <aelmore@interwoven.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... Message-ID: <003001c7946e$12408480$6601a8c0@KGISH> In-Reply-To: <20070511203731.GC79323@interwoven.com>
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The only thing is that I see that the T42 series is pretty pricey! -- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Elmore > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:38 PM > To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... > > > On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:28:44PM +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad > Al-Marri wrote: > > >I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was wondering > which laptops > > >are recommended for a high-end system. > > > > IBM thinkpad for sure. > > I've been very happy with all my Thinkpads, having run > FreeBSD on a 570, A21p, and now a T42p. > > I don't use the fancy 3d graphics, and the vanilla xorg > server works well enough with the ATI graphics that I can use > xrandr to have two displays. Suspending via ACPI works, the > IBM branded Atheros wifi works fine, etc. > > Caveats: > * Apparently the newer dual core chips aren't able to suspend > and resume with FreeBSD. > * Be sure to choose the IBM wifi, as the Intel wifi works > poorly with FreeBSD. > * In the modern world, the Intel graphics option has the best > vendor support in the opensource driver. Also, this option > seems to have the longest battery life. > > AE > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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