From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 21:24:29 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A48E16A418 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-63.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-63.bluehost.com [69.89.21.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F0F1A13C48D for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 9539 invoked by uid 0); 24 Sep 2007 21:24:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy4.bluehost.com with SMTP; 24 Sep 2007 21:24:28 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IZvPo-0004C5-74 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:24:28 -0600 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l8NNi5Hb045270 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:44:05 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l8NNi4wv045269 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:44:04 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:44:04 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070923234404.GF41180@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <539c60b90709241100y212651cdj7caf3780e5035fb7@mail.gmail.com> <46F7FC68.1040207@math.arizona.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46F7FC68.1040207@math.arizona.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box183.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [737 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apotheon.com Cc: 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 21:24:29 -0000 On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:05:28AM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > 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> > > > IBM ThinkPad you can not go wrong. I'm a huge fan of Thinkpads. You can go wrong with them, though, if you're unlucky. Choose your model well. > > T23, T30 or T43 are $200-400 on ebay. If you are rich T60 by far the > best laptop on the market in my opinion. In general, you'll want to stick to laptops with Intel graphics adapters to get 3D acceleration support from among those choices. Some newer Thinkpads such as the T61 also offer nVidia adapters as an option, which should also be reasonably well supported by FreeBSD. Avoid Radeons unless you don't care about 3D acceleration or like betting on the idea that the r300 drivers will make it into FreeBSD's X.Org soon. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Kent Beck: "I always knew that one day Smalltalk would replace Java. I just didn't know it would be called Ruby."