From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 22:46:29 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 5E832106564A for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:46:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0065A8FC13 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so1362284ewy.13 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.45.75 with SMTP id o51mr2751755eeb.49.1297982787854; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.119.1 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:27 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [64.81.163.112] In-Reply-To: <3380813072-1551442120@intranet.com.mx> References: <3380813072-1551442120@intranet.com.mx> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:46:27 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 22:46:29 -0000 On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Jorge Biquez wrote: > I am evaluating to buy a new laptop for using it only with Freebsd. I know > 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 the > 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 Linux > or Windows have them there running under VirtualBox. The use will be mainly > for web development. Just to play devil's advocate: If you plan to run Windows under VirtualBox, you probably *do* want to order the laptop with Windows pre-installed. The reason is to legally run Windows in VirtualBox, you will need a Windows license, and it's far cheaper to get one bundled with the machine than to buy it later.