From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 06:24:28 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 BFC3116A4CE for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:24:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D8E43D46 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:24:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com ([68.68.113.33]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031223142427.GLCU29139.mta10.adelphia.net@potentialtech.com>; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:24:27 -0500 Message-ID: <3FE8501A.2000709@potentialtech.com> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:24:26 -0500 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20031005 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nelis@8ball.co.za References: <3FE73DFD.7050906@potentialtech.com> <1072165046.993.16.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za> In-Reply-To: <1072165046.993.16.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:24:28 -0000 Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > 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 make sure >>it works with FreeBSD, but money is tight, so we're trying to find the best deal >>we can that we know will work. >> >>Does anyone have any suggestions on lower-cost laptops that they've had work well >>with FreeBSD? >> >>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 money on one. >>http://catalog.us.dell.com/CS1/cs1page2.aspx?br=7&c=us&cs=04&fm=10423&kc=6W300&l=en&s=bsd > > 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. This is a great resource! Thanks. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com