Subject: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...

Sat May 12 12:16:23 UTC 2007

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>    1. Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> (Kiffin Gish)
>    2. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
>       (Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri)
>    3. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
>       (Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri)
>    4. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> (Randy Bush)
>    5. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> (Randy Bush)
>    6. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> (Erik Norgaard)
>    7. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> (Henrik Brix Andersen)
...avoid HP's, mine was a pain. Toshiba's are very
good, and my LG is good - also go Nvidia/Intel
graphics easy to get going. Never had any joy with
ATI.
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 10:19:14 +0200
> From: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Subject: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was
> wondering which laptops are
> recommended for a high-end system.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> -- 
> Kiffin Rex Gish
> Gouda, The Netherlands
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:28:44 +0300
> From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri"
> <almarrie at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> On 5/11/07, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> wrote:
> > I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was
> wondering which laptops are
> > recommended for a high-end system.
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> >
> > --
> > Kiffin Rex Gish
> > Gouda, The Netherlands
> 
> IBM thinkpad for sure.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
> Arab Portal
> http://www.WeArab.Net/
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:30:37 +0300
> From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri"
> <almarrie at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> On 5/11/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
> <almarrie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/11/07, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> wrote:
> > > I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was
> wondering which laptops are
> > > recommended for a high-end system.
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot in advance.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kiffin Rex Gish
> > > Gouda, The Netherlands
> >
> > IBM thinkpad for sure.
> 
> 
> Actually go for Asus with nvidia video card since
> thinkpad only uses
> ATI/AMD which isn't supporting FreeBSD with the
> proper driver yet.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
> Arab Portal
> http://www.WeArab.Net/
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:21:22 +0300
> From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <46443592.4030105 at psg.com>
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> dell's repackage of alienware, m1710 is bitchin'
> box.
> 
> randy
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:35:04 +0300
> From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie at gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org, Kiffin Gish
> <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
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> > Actually go for Asus
> 
> and pray that you never need support because you
> will not get it.  no
> thanks.  been there.
> 
> randy
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:28:20 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard at locolomo.org>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> On Fri, 11 May 2007, Kiffin Gish wrote:
> 
> > I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was
> wondering which laptops are
> > recommended for a high-end system.
> 
> Do not buy Sony VAIO. They suck and suffer massive
> hardware conflicts 
> related to ACPI. I have given up getting mine to run
> properly.
> 
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