From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 25 17:51:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D640C1065672 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:51:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bastian@tecroots.net) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AB38FC15 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:51:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04AE20595 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:34:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web3.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.213]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:34:24 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=uELrrjG18e3sF5QoWiciUJzfH24=; b=CAx4GackKog5gKB1rho9xb/S5jYZbRKPcyVwURCIutvgVhG0BooaNTf5xeZpYYsLqU5y0OPAtSqBDFCO1slfiYg4jT8g7RFZLf56JZETOpJpKYd62nsUaeDItFvhgS3LNb3BfiZXdQhtddNTx8TDoaJt6EQrAbTFD7JbXCk601k= Received: by web3.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 8076A5C1042; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:34:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1309023264.31961.1467170105@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: JB6cJzVRzKMErUC0zSuRjElTbPLGLcFZc1Vy4qYDJWqQ 1309023264 From: "Bastian Rieck" To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:34:24 +0200 Subject: Laptop recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:51:21 -0000 Dear list, I need to replace my old IBM Thinkpad R50e, which is running FreeBSD 8.2. Currently, my favoured replacement is a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520. However, I am not sure how well FreeBSD would run on it. Is anyone using this laptop with FreeBSD? I ran several searches with Google, of course, but the models described in search results are either too old or too expensive, i.e. more than 1000 EUR... Consequently, I am also interested in other recommendations: If you are using an affordable laptop (say less than 600 EUR, i.e. 850 USD) with FreeBSD, please reply. My requirements are actually quite low: I need 3D acceleration (OpenGL) as I am developing scientific visualization software and a working WLAN card. Any extra features/hardware supported would be nice, but it is definitely _not_ a must. Thanks for your considerations. Kind regards, Bastian