From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 14:02:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA37C16A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:02:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from lomond.aae.uiuc.edu (lomond.aae.uiuc.edu [128.174.132.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07DAF43D46 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:02:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmmcf@uiuc.edu) Received: by lomond.aae.uiuc.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0F9948F2AD; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:02:49 -0600 (CST) To: cbehanna@panasas.com References: <87zndjidfr.fsf@lomond.aae.uiuc.edu> <200312231650.30382.cbehanna@panasas.com> From: dmmcf@uiuc.edu (D. Michael McFarland) Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:02:49 -0600 In-Reply-To: <200312231650.30382.cbehanna@panasas.com> (Chris BeHanna's message of "Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:50:30 -0500") Message-ID: <878yl3i452.fsf@lomond.aae.uiuc.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with HP, Compaq? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:02:53 -0000 Chris BeHanna 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