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Date:      Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:24:26 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        nelis@8ball.co.za
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions Mail List <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Looking for laptop suggestions
Message-ID:  <3FE8501A.2000709@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <1072165046.993.16.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za>
References:  <3FE73DFD.7050906@potentialtech.com> <1072165046.993.16.camel@enigma.8ball.co.za>

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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



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