From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 00:28:20 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 52C8A1065670 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:28:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from korszca@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 163098FC18 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:28:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so3136717iwn.13 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:28:19 -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=stmnrnw6BPtKM4cw415tLUfy9rB3BkKBp9xyAZHWYJw=; b=GX44NhjzBNV0DNmngxGGLxXJ5PYHH9crq1JWPkLGF9tMK67ZCBBtRy6akajYYeYkmw Nt9utkcXqw5KvRcm4rbe0jQcIhvOvMM3wCW+MTq+165M/5CxitWs4prvsytwIaQ0zcrm VtcqfZ0eklepl4+g+ww8wQodhTtyePXei+JxU= 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=n7BydqKVxBO4fW9wpzCvXRpORPD7XY8vIN5YdFJMZSMulKxqLiUWLogu3VKb7kZAVX 9xZlAHEClKvYpezY65OcEve4KS+GtLTAJWUOzm0qZatra1h9uceTKVVKHpN+DejJxq3B EuLiuifgmw05ULyBWt04/f+twX0M4uHnAs7Wo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.17.193 with SMTP id t1mr51668iba.89.1297988899723; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:28:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.251.6 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:28:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110218002024.GE2116@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <3380813072-1551442120@intranet.com.mx> <20110218002024.GE2116@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:28:19 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brian Callahan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Chip Camden 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: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:28:20 -0000 > Those links both sport some pretty expensive prices. =A0My comparable ASU= S > cost about half that, and came with Windows 7 installed (which I simply > erased). =A0Are those prices for real? > > -- > Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F > http://chipsquips.com =A0| http://camdensoftware.com =A0 | http://chipsti= ps.com > Oh, I have no doubt they're for real. That's the problem with smaller OEMs. You can't live on razor thin profit margins. ZaReason www.zareason.com also has no-OS options (they're a Linux vendor). Again, prices aren't the cheapest. I personally buy my laptops by going to Staples, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. with the latest OpenBSD-current to check its dmesg (and I highly recommend this) and blasting Windows off the HD as soon as I get home, but the OP asked for no-OS laptops. ~Brian