From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 19:32:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D421106564A for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E273E8FC08 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:32:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so1275413ewy.13 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:32:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tWKikgmKm7i79lvsq8Jyl/5QRUOPjRZh9shWXapO+/g=; b=q3qAv6D5IjtnCeBmwGBYULLTtdp4Cge6fsPoK5DsUFlpniPfvMAviS8L/UMcnCZM/y HnzTO92m03JcdmzTQ1rxgwMD+gz5ByZbaQiHe6TSpYJE7JiQXeYUI4XbZQwptpyZm7GM HkPuBT2w3K7wQvXUsv8zQylTEg+JzzH45kBGk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=CWSggKywbDmgYlGXzT/NNOhvdEQVfTA2W+seqZxE81HpqnFSpxcHrTe284Eo+n2slQ 18M+1zos5JCdiGbWJMpv+Go039VIPfJ39NzfyzEFshdYUjz3UcDXh4Xk+NKvmBnHCDl+ HGPa73o4SLwSfyWpdLp+lcZ6QI2WDZ0sF0vak= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.83.208 with SMTP id g16mr2866426fal.52.1297971159775; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:32:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.4 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:32:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <3380813072-1551442120@intranet.com.mx> References: <3380813072-1551442120@intranet.com.mx> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:32:39 -0500 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Jorge Biquez Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS? 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: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:32:41 -0000 On 17 February 2011 13:43, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello all. > > I am evaluating to buy a new laptop for using it only with Freebsd. I kno= w > in the website mention some options. Thing is that here the most powerful > ones (I3, I5 I7) are sold ONLY with Windows installed and that increase t= he > value of the equipment. I want the best option at a nice price (could be > Intel or AMD) the ide is to have it as my main machine and when I need Li= nux > or Windows have them there running under VirtualBox. The use will be main= ly > for web development. > > My idea is to buy it with FreeDos or Linux installed or without operating > system but here there is not an option for powerful equuipment unless you > want one with Atom processor. The powerful one came ONLY with Windows > installed. > I am thinking to ask a friend that travels frequently to USA to buy one f= or > me. > > Any suggestion of where and what equipment to buy, without OS (Windows) > preinstalled? Of course at a good price and the most powerful one. > ixsystems.com sells a FreeBSD laptop (probably not inexpensively). system76.com is ubunutu-based, so you might have to look closely at the wireless chip. That one e-online-dot-com internet web store named after a certain large, South-American river has a few of such for sale, as well. I'd buy one with Microsoft=AE Windows=AE Starter=AE Edition=AE and amuse myself by applying to the seller for a Microsoft=AE Windows=AE Starter=AE Edition=AE Refund=AE (& depending on where you live might provide _months_ of entertainment). Actually, new is too expensive for me: let someone else take the first price hit. --=20 --