From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 5 23:38: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from daemon.prv.dev.itouchnet.net (devco.net [196.15.188.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BCD537B719 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2001 23:37:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bvi@devco.net) Received: from bvi by daemon.prv.dev.itouchnet.net with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14ZoCA-000IR6-00; Mon, 05 Mar 2001 08:10:10 +0200 Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 08:10:10 +0200 From: Barry Irwin To: Gan Starling Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can you recommend... Message-ID: <20010305081010.A70844@devco.net> References: <3AA2C3CB.76E6BAF3@worldnet.att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3AA2C3CB.76E6BAF3@worldnet.att.net>; from MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net on Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 04:38:03PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- ANSI Std Disclaimer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message