Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:04:53 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anyone have a favorite laptop? Message-ID: <200709241504.53130.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90709241100y212651cdj7caf3780e5035fb7@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90709241100y212651cdj7caf3780e5035fb7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 24 September 2007 13:00:33 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. > > <I have a compaq that is %#&*!^$. The pcmcia will not work, the > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" checking in from my HP NC6000, all hardware operational, no issues to speak of. (p4 1.8, intel 2200 wireless, broadcom ethernet, intel sound). also, the pushbutton to enable/disable the wireless works, but the hardware volume control does not. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com
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