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Date:      Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:40:36 +0100
From:      Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
To:        "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>,  freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new laptop
Message-ID:  <4370B8E4.3050801@ultra-secure.de>
In-Reply-To: <20051108141443.GA54054@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
References:  <20051108141443.GA54054@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>

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Michael W. Lucas wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I can't find this discussion in the archives for the last couple of
>months, so I guess it's time to ask: I'm looking for a new FreeBSD
>laptop.  Any recommendations?
>
>Ideally, it would have an amd64 CPU 
>

Tough to find good ones.
Also rules out Dell.


>and hardware 3d video
>acceleration.
>  
>

...which you can only get with Nvidia-Cards.
Or does ATI provide 3d-drivers that work with FreeBSD6?

There are probably a handful (or less) laptops available with the above 
combination.
Last time I looked, they were difficult to get to work even with Linux.

My advice: wait for the Intel-Apples and buy one of those.



Rainer



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