amd64 laptop recommendations

[David O'Brien]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 12:11:14PM +0200, Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 11:42 -0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: 
> > Good morning folks!
> > 
> > I am in the market for an AMD64-based laptop, and am currently leaning
> > toward the Acer Ferrari 3400, but would like to borrow a few minutes of
> > your time to ask for suggestions on something better.
> 
> The Ferrari 3400 is probably a decent choice.  I have a Ferrari 3200
> myself, which is mostly the same except for the slower processor, and it
> works well with FreeBSD.  I've been using it for almost 6 months now.

Actually the Ferrari 3400 has a real benefit over your 3200, the 3400 has
a 90nm CPU -- which means cooler and longer battery life.

If I were to buy an AMD64 laptop today I'd get the Ferrari 3400.  If not
that one, then probably the Averatec 6240 (MSI made).  If I wanted the
largest, work horse laptop around I'd get the HP zv5000z.

-- 
-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)