Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...

[Kiffin Gish]

The only thing is that I see that the T42 series is pretty pricey!

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Kiffin Rex Gish
Gouda, The Netherlands


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Elmore
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:38 PM
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:28:44PM +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad 
> Al-Marri wrote:
> > >I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was wondering 
> which laptops 
> > >are recommended for a high-end system.
> > 
> > IBM thinkpad for sure.
> 
> I've been very happy with all my Thinkpads, having run 
> FreeBSD on a 570, A21p, and now a T42p.
> 
> I don't use the fancy 3d graphics, and the vanilla xorg 
> server works well enough with the ATI graphics that I can use 
> xrandr to have two displays.  Suspending via ACPI works, the 
> IBM branded Atheros wifi works fine, etc.
> 
> Caveats:
> * Apparently the newer dual core chips aren't able to suspend 
> and resume with FreeBSD.
> * Be sure to choose the IBM wifi, as the Intel wifi works 
> poorly with FreeBSD.
> * In the modern world, the Intel graphics option has the best 
> vendor support in the opensource driver.  Also, this option 
> seems to have the longest battery life.
> 
> AE
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