Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:53:30 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bdsfbsd@att.net, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netbooks & BSD Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010191448390.6689@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20101019074615.GA2183@current.Sisis.de> References: <20101004233302.GA62267@takino.homeftp.org> <20101004195012.GA2023@tiny> <op.vj5o9ixxhtl4zj@ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu> <20101017143901.GA71132@current.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010171215030.96626@wonkity.com> <20101019074615.GA2183@current.Sisis.de>
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El d?a Sunday, October 17, 2010 a las 12:17:16PM -0600, Warren Block escribi?: > >> On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> >>> Any alternative netbooks outside Asus which run FreeBSD? >> >> Of course. The Acer Aspire models vary, but the D250 is nice. > > Just to make sure: you mean the "Acer Aspire One D250" netbook? But this > seems to have a SATA hard disk, or are there models out with SSD? Mine has a SATA drive, but there shouldn't be any reason it couldn't use a SATA SSD in that form factor. I should add that just over the last couple of days, my D250 has started to panic at random times. That's new, and I don't know what's causing it. Given that it was a scrap machine I repaired, it may be hardware failure. > In any case, it sells for around 300 euro (around USD 380) and seems to > be an alternative as getting my Eee PC 900 repaired for the same price Now that the netbook craze is over, there are quite a few lightly-used ones for sale, often around $150 here. Look around before buying new. Relatively older models like the D250 may be better for FreeBSD, because they have Intel video that works with the accelerated xorg driver.home | help
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