You should always pick up a current .iso snapshot and stick it in the device...
Personally, I wouldn't buy a Celeron. I know there's tons of Celerons around with this enabled and that disabled but its performance is pitiful compared to a i3 or even a AMD Bobcat/APU. I would go for a AMD Bobcat design, decent CPU + good GPU. While a i3/i5/i7 is a good/excellent CPU + average to horrible GPU. On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Paul M <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > It's time for a new OpenBSD laptop, and I have a couple of questions. > > Note that I dont want to spend money on performance I dont need, but I do > want to spend money on a decent quality machine. > > First, finding quality machines in the backwoods where I live is really > hard. The shops seem full of rubbish. Various retailers suggest either > Toshiba or Asus. Does anybody have any comments on these brands in general? > I'll admit to a psychological block against Toshiba, but I have no idea > where it came from, it could be completely bogus. > > Second, One I've found which seems a good fit is the Toshiba Satellite Pro > C650 (with the celeron cpu, not the i3). Anybody using one of these with > OpenBSD? > I stuck a 4.8 release CD in, and the dmesg indicated problems with these > devices (sorry for the vagueness, I was scribbling down stuff in the store. > I can get better info if it's required)- > Intel GM45 > Attansic something - 0x2060 - the 10/100 wired ethernet > SMBus > ehci1 timed out waiting for bios > There was also a message at the end that suggested that wd1 was not > available. > Anybody know how things have improved with these devices since 4.8, and > which are showstoppers? > > The camera and audio also appeared to have limited or no support, but I dont > care about those. > > > Thanks for any input > paulm
