From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 19:01:17 2007 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 BA4ED16A419 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:01:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A2BE13C48D for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:01:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so3249371pyb for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:01:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=ObCHIMk2fErW7kgg5anzL08D5zb6riMQwqfmGy3QbeY=; b=MLlTupeT4yL5qYZvERq4bF7/Rg0gOn+3DDuL1n7T7FAySn91NISde8HNh6IEIuQ3wHXbtNMY92eYTthv5PN/lVxnO3hLjbDGwrZVQKeTVfbUJBhnq4HWEOe5HKHPwowanjKoGlWqcg0fHsCzOuy7ClqYNQmk0ak+2Xy8sXZyLcI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=fbfY9PK4yIfsDXlMcRrON3uHvTgtaErFaazAVR38LDnAsA7ERDD8HQE8tDBrVsFegJJXxDzHv43qIjABMuNaV0BZjTXeYfGjiDvWZtFTEt0nntIqEi0beT60w9sS4eURhWRAmWNuxYfCGo0/DwUGm3rqjq4T1AiAtxXsW69kKxo= Received: by 10.35.121.12 with SMTP id y12mr1814561pym.1190660475666; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:01:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.0.14? ( [74.95.66.25]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z80sm7233628pyg.2007.09.24.12.01.13 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:01:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <539c60b90709241100y212651cdj7caf3780e5035fb7@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90709241100y212651cdj7caf3780e5035fb7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <538B2BE7-BF1A-46D7-8C75-11D4441527E6@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric Crist Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:01:09 -0500 To: Steve Franks X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: anyone have a favorite laptop? 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: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:01:17 -0000 On Sep 24, 2007, at 1:00 PMSep 24, 2007, Steve Franks wrote: > The freebsd laptop page is a nice resource, but it's a bit heavy on > specifics (i.e. I have a laptop I want to install on), not so good > generally (want to buy a laptop). So anyone have realworld advice? > I'm not against something used in the 1GHz+ range. > > ndiswrapper for the broadcom panics, etc. So, compaq is right out > (the've always maintained their poor reputation, no?) - so compaq is > out. Seems gateway has an equally bad rap> > > Thanks, > Steve Since it hasn't been mentioned, and it's sorta related, my vote goes toward the Apple Mac line of notebook computers. While they're not running straight FreeBSD, it's pretty darn close. I haven't been restricted in what I can do, and all the ACPI/power management stuff is pretty much guaranteed to work. I find I've got more time to work and play, rather than tweaking my laptop so that it runs right, all the time. Biggest down side is they're expensive compared to other laptops. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks