Laptop advice

[Predrag Punosevac]

Mike Jeays wrote:
> 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?
>>>       
I would get ThinkPad T30 or T23 from Ebay. They will work just fine with 
FreeBSD.
They go for $190-250.

Cheers,
Predrag


>> 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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