Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:16:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Xinyuan Wang <fwang@nortel.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: notebook compatibility with FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980113111612.25991@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199801122359.PAA22789@hub.freebsd.org>; from Xinyuan Wang on Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:58:00PM -0500 References: <199801122359.PAA22789@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:58:00PM -0500, Xinyuan Wang wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for a notebook that is compatible with FreeBSD, and am considering > following brands : > > Compaq > IBM > Toshiba > Dell > NEC > > Can anybody provide me some information about the FreeBSD compatibility with > these notebooks. I've heard of a lot of compatibility problems with Compaq. Dell is good, but they use an undocumented graphics chipset (NeoMagic), which means that you can't get a free X server for it. You *can* get one from XI graphics, but it will cost $250. Greg
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