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Date:      Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:57:02 -0800
From:      David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS?
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote:
> Reality:
> =A0XP purchased with a Toshiba laptop runs native, but fails on
> =A0virtualbox, on the same laptop. =A0I believe XP is crippled to only
> =A0run on Toshiba, & vbox presents too clean/generic an environment ;-)

Sometimes there can be activation issues with OEM versions of Windows
XP.  They're usually keyed to the manufacturer's BIOS.



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