From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 23:37:33 2003 Return-Path: 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 5A12316A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:37:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.8ball.co.za (8ball.co.za [192.96.48.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96F5743D2D for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:37:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nelis@8ball.co.za) Received: (qmail 29561 invoked by uid 89); 23 Dec 2003 07:37:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.10.3?) (192.168.10.3) by 192.168.10.1 with SMTP; 23 Dec 2003 07:37:27 -0000 From: Nelis Lamprecht To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <3FE73DFD.7050906@potentialtech.com> References: <3FE73DFD.7050906@potentialtech.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-eKgsOtlVFzM/KCEhhbfD" Message-Id: <1072165046.993.16.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:37:26 +0200 cc: FreeBSD Questions Mail List Subject: Re: Looking for laptop suggestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: nelis@8ball.co.za List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 07:37:33 -0000 --=-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--