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Christian Walther wrote:
.......
> On a side note: Having a FreeBSD based Laptop with you in a store
> where people know only about Windows is an experience one should have.
> They need their time to get used to the idea that there are other
> Operating Systems as Windows. And that these don't need graphics to
> work. And that there are people out there that can work with a
> computer without graphics... ;-D
.......
here in the UK you'd be lucky to be allowed to try even one card in your own 
machine.

Only reason I bought an Acer is that someone else had already managed to get 
most of the kinks ironed out (and had written about it). Unfortunately 
improvements in FreeBSD have taken me backwards in terms of understanding over 
the last year.
-- 
Robin Becker