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Date:      Mon, 5 Mar 2001 08:10:10 +0200
From:      Barry Irwin <bvi@devco.net>
To:        Gan Starling <MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Can you recommend...
Message-ID:  <20010305081010.A70844@devco.net>
In-Reply-To: <3AA2C3CB.76E6BAF3@worldnet.att.net>; from MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net on Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 04:38:03PM -0600
References:  <3AA2C3CB.76E6BAF3@worldnet.att.net>

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On Sun 2001-03-04 (16:38), Gan Starling wrote:
> Can you recommend a short list, by MAKE & MODEL of off-the-shelf
> low-to-mid priced LAPTOP computers from any internet or
> bricks-and-mortar source? Vendors like Gateway have contracts with
> Microsoft and won't admit of anything Unix-ish.
> 
> I wish to first buy a supported laptop and then install FreeBSD on it.
> 
> I have the list of supported devices, but I don't trust the sales staff
> of any store...for good and sufficient reason based upon sad past
> experience.

I have just got an HP Omnibook xe3 2116, which I'm quite happy with, the nic
is supported in the later 4.2-Stable sources, and there is a patch available
for the soundcard. X works fine, although took a little tweeking. Only thing
I have not got going is the Onboard winmodem.  This is apparently the same
hardware as the 2306 currently advertised on the HP site.

Barry

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