From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 14 00:34:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CCB516A400 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:34:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0EAD43D69 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:34:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 4955 invoked from network); 14 Mar 2006 11:34:18 +1100 Received: from andromeda.lef.com.au (HELO localhost) (210.8.93.2) by serviciosdelavilla.com.ar with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 14 Mar 2006 11:34:17 +1100 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:34:12 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060314113412.3470fde5@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060313103240.ie1bevcdijs4coko@webmail.meijome.net> References: <20060313103240.ie1bevcdijs4coko@webmail.meijome.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What laptop do you recommend? 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: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:34:40 -0000 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