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Date:      Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:34:12 +1100
From:      Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What laptop do you recommend?
Message-ID:  <20060314113412.3470fde5@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20060313103240.ie1bevcdijs4coko@webmail.meijome.net>
References:  <20060313103240.ie1bevcdijs4coko@webmail.meijome.net>

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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:32:40 -0300
freebsd@meijome.net wrote:

> hi everyone,
> I'm looking for a new, gruntier laptop. What laptop is known to work
> WELL with freeBSD? e.g.:
> 
> ACPI with no problems (and as many features as possible)
> PATA / SATA with no problems
> all other basic stuff (graphics, NIC, Wireless g, sound,
> touchpad ,etc ) should work too, of course
> 
> Looking into either Intel duo Core or AMD64 chips.
> 
> >From what I've read, IBMs seem to have quite good support, so do
> >DELLs
> (though they seem chunkier than other laptops). I usually get Toshiba,
> but I don't think they are so well supported.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice you can share :)
> 
> Best regards,
> Beto

What about DELL laptops? any model I should stick to? Thinkpads are a
bit pricey for me atm. (Greg Lehey i think was using dells... could
well be wrong...)

Alternatively, has anyone got a model of *new* Toshiba laptops
fully working ?


thx



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