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Date:      Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:02:49 -0600
From:      dmmcf@uiuc.edu (D. Michael McFarland)
To:        cbehanna@panasas.com
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Experiences with HP, Compaq?
Message-ID:  <878yl3i452.fsf@lomond.aae.uiuc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200312231650.30382.cbehanna@panasas.com> (Chris BeHanna's message of "Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:50:30 -0500")
References:  <87zndjidfr.fsf@lomond.aae.uiuc.edu> <200312231650.30382.cbehanna@panasas.com>

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Chris BeHanna <cbehanna@panasas.com> writes:

>     For about that same price, Best Buy has an eMachines laptop w/17"
> widescreen (1280x768) LCD, the same Athlon-M, and the same ATI video
> chip.

Thanks for the pointer.  I've generally avoided eMachines because

>     I have no idea if FreeBSD will run on it.

and I don't want to be the guy to find out it won't.  The last time I
bought a Real Bargain desktop machine, I ended up swapping the
motherboard to get something useful (but, seriously, I'd expect
eMachines to be better than that).

Guess I'd better dig for some detailed specs.

Cheers,
Michael


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