Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:39:51 +0000 From: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is> To: Chris and Mary LaMaster <chrisl@grm.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop Hardware Message-ID: <20051230133951.GN779@gremlin.foo.is> In-Reply-To: <000801c60d45$67efa160$e001fea9@grm.net.grm.net> References: <000801c60d45$67efa160$e001fea9@grm.net.grm.net>
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It simply doesn't have the processing power to decode full res MPEG2. It may be able to play half res MPEG1 such as VCD but definitely not DVD. Portable DVD players are getting very cheap today, I've seen them for less than $200. Baldur On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 07:31:55AM -0600, Chris and Mary LaMaster wrote: > I have an old Fujitsu 735Tx laptop. > Pentium 150mmx > 64MB Ram > CD > Floppy > 2Gig Hd > > My question is this, I'm pretty sure FreeBSD will run on my laptop, but I'm am curious to know if it would allow me to install a DVD-Rom and watch DVDs. I'm too cheap to buy a portable DVD player, and I would like to make good use of an old laptop. > > Thanks for your replys in advace. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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