Best laptop for Freebsd

[perryh at pluto.rain.com]

> I'd suggest you do NOT buy a Sony VAIO ...
> - I still have unresolved problems with ACPI
> ...
> - Battery does not hold what it says: I have never got more than 1:30
>    out of it - and they claim more than 3 hours - (I assume with power
>    off)

These are very likely related.  It is quite credible for working
ACPI to double battery life, esp. under typical one-person usage
(lots of idle time, when ACPI can put the CPU into powerdown).