Centrino COU working on FreeBSD?

[BSD baby]

> I just wondered whether the Centrino CPU was usable in combination with
> FreeBSD.

Yep!  I'm typing on my Gateway 450x Centrino laptop in FreeBSD 4.8 now.
I *LOVE* it.    Looks and works wonderful.

Note that the Centrino built-in wireless ethernet is not recognized, though.
But everything else is perfect.


 
> If you've got other suggestions to other, better FreeBSD-compliant
> laptops I should buy instead, I'm listening.

The ultimate source is here:

http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/