Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:37:26 +0200 From: Nelis Lamprecht <nelis@8ball.co.za> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mail List <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Looking for laptop suggestions Message-ID: <1072165046.993.16.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za> In-Reply-To: <3FE73DFD.7050906@potentialtech.com> References: <3FE73DFD.7050906@potentialtech.com>
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--=-eKgsOtlVFzM/KCEhhbfD Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 20:54, Bill Moran wrote: > We're looking to get a laptop for the business. Of course, we need to ma= ke sure > it works with FreeBSD, but money is tight, so we're trying to find the be= st deal > we can that we know will work. >=20 > Does anyone have any suggestions on lower-cost laptops that they've had w= ork well > with FreeBSD? >=20 > We were looking at the $700 lappys that Dell is selling (Inspiron 1100), = but I'd > really like a confirmation that these are going to work before I spend mo= ney on one. > http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/cs1page2.aspx?br=3D7&c=3Dus&cs=3D04&fm=3D1= 0423&kc=3D6W300&l=3Den&s=3Dbsd Take a look at this site http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ Not sure how up-to-date it is but it's a FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List and the laptop you have mentioned is listed but not without it's problems. You could probably contact the owners and ask them about any problems they experienced and how they resolved them. --=20 Nelis Lamprecht PGP: http://www.8ball.co.za/pgp/nelis.key "Unix IS user friendly.. It's just selective about who its friends are." --=-eKgsOtlVFzM/KCEhhbfD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/5/C2QfIMKiRMCrERAhJCAJwL57jjoiym3bL42zBAEhFmbRyEgACgnwLy enWb5acl/kzJIon9quSgXQ8= =nqwt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-eKgsOtlVFzM/KCEhhbfD--
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