Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 01:35:47 -0600 (CST) From: "Steve (CK)" <toen0013@tc.umn.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Laptops & FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.20.0211080128430.10126-100000@garnet.tc.umn.edu> In-Reply-To: <bulk.48524.20021107193129@hub.freebsd.org>
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Greetings! I am planning on attending law school next fall and would like to buy a laptop to bring with me to class to take notes, do research, and connect to the local networks. I'm hoping to be able to dual-boot this system as Win2k (or XP) and FreeBSD. Does anyone have any suggestions? How well (if at all) do the power-saver options works in FreeBSD? I'm hoping to do most of the work in FreeBSD but some law schools have special Windows-only exam software so I need to have it dual-boot a Win2k/XP. My first thought was an iBook or TiBook running OS X but the prohibitive cost has me second-guessing that option. Maybe if the new IBM PPC chips were to be introduced before next fall in the iBook I would take this option but the speed and cost issue makes me not want to do this. I want to make sure it can run FreeBSD well, is somewhat light-weight, powerful, large screen, good wide keyboard (for my bad wrists), and isn't crippled by manufacturer's bias towards Win* systems (like Dell). Intel or AMD processors are both cool; they're both local companies for me. :) Thanks and i'm very sorry if this isn't the correct list for this. Steven Toeniskoetter San Jose, CA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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