Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:16:07 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop advice Message-ID: <47EC0E97.3070404@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <200803271548.07036.mike.jeays@rogers.com> References: <172332.45773.qm@web56808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200803271548.07036.mike.jeays@rogers.com>
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Mike Jeays wrote: > On March 27, 2008 03:09:42 pm mdh wrote: > >> --- David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 01:53:57PM -0400, Joe Demeny >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In the end, the best advice seems to be indeed to >>>> >>> take the FreeBSD CD >>> >>> >>>> to the brick-and-mortar store... >>>> >>> Or you could purchase an Apple Mac Book and have a >>> commercially >>> supported Unix pre-installed. Guess that would take >>> all the "fun" out of >>> it? >>> I would get ThinkPad T30 or T23 from Ebay. They will work just fine with FreeBSD. They go for $190-250. Cheers, Predrag >> While I like Mac products and OSX is pretty cool, I >> still find their laptops a bit pricey. >> >> By the by, has anyone tried FreeBSD on one of those >> little Asus EEEpc sublaptops? A real, tiny, i386 >> laptop for $300 (plus maybe a bit more for an >> additional SD card to bump the storage some) seems >> like a truly awesome deal. >> >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> _________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? >> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. >> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > I bought an Eee PC, but haven't tried any other software on it yet. I can > confirm that the hardware is a bargain, and I used it 'as is' while > travelling for ten days, and it connected 'out of the box' to the wireless > service provided in each hotel. A mouse is a great help, although the > built-in pad is quite usable. I had no trouble with the tiny keyboard, > except for needing the light on to read the keys. > > They are a really great innovation, IMHO. I am really pleased with mine. > > The wireless card may be the problem with FreeBSD. > > > >
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