Laptop advice
Mike Jeays
mike.jeays at rogers.com
Thu Mar 27 13:14:57 PDT 2008
On March 27, 2008 03:09:42 pm mdh wrote:
> --- David Kelly <dkelly at hiwaay.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 01:53:57PM -0400, Joe Demeny
> >
> > wrote:
> > > In the end, the best advice seems to be indeed to
> >
> > take the FreeBSD CD
> >
> > > to the brick-and-mortar store...
> >
> > Or you could purchase an Apple Mac Book and have a
> > commercially
> > supported Unix pre-installed. Guess that would take
> > all the "fun" out of
> > it?
>
> While I like Mac products and OSX is pretty cool, I
> still find their laptops a bit pricey.
>
> By the by, has anyone tried FreeBSD on one of those
> little Asus EEEpc sublaptops? A real, tiny, i386
> laptop for $300 (plus maybe a bit more for an
> additional SD card to bump the storage some) seems
> like a truly awesome deal.
>
>
>
>
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I bought an Eee PC, but haven't tried any other software on it yet. I can
confirm that the hardware is a bargain, and I used it 'as is' while
travelling for ten days, and it connected 'out of the box' to the wireless
service provided in each hotel. A mouse is a great help, although the
built-in pad is quite usable. I had no trouble with the tiny keyboard,
except for needing the light on to read the keys.
They are a really great innovation, IMHO. I am really pleased with mine.
The wireless card may be the problem with FreeBSD.
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Mike Jeays
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