Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread dhaneshk k
People : I want to bu a laptop , for the time being I can't go for a high end machine like hp8510b or like those But I found in internet , about IBM Thinkpad T40 Reconditioned : So I want people's valuable advice on Reconditioned machine ;is it safe to have this machine , I want to

Re: Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread Predrag Punosevac
dhaneshk k wrote: People : I want to bu a laptop , for the time being I can't go for a high end machine like hp8510b or like those But I found in internet , about IBM Thinkpad T40 Reconditioned : ThinkPads are the highest quality machines. I honestly thing that there is nothing on the

Re: Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread Wojciech Puchar
So I want people's valuable advice on Reconditioned machine ;is it safe to have this machine , I want to use FreeBSD on this machine , what about the reliability of Reconditioned machines ?: your advices may help me to take a good decision on my purchase. actually better than new.

Re: Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread Robert Huff
Predrag Punosevac writes: ThinkPads are the highest quality machines. I honestly thing that there is nothing on the market which matches their quality including Apple laptops. /Caveat emptor/. I'm hearing reports from those who deal with laptops much more that I do that quality

Re: Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread DAve
Robert Huff wrote: Predrag Punosevac writes: ThinkPads are the highest quality machines. I honestly thing that there is nothing on the market which matches their quality including Apple laptops. /Caveat emptor/. I'm hearing reports from those who deal with laptops much more that

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 03:48:06PM -0400, Mike Jeays wrote: On March 27, 2008 03:09:42 pm mdh wrote: --- David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Robert Huff wrote: Predrag Punosevac writes: ThinkPads are the highest quality machines. I honestly thing that there is nothing on the market which matches their quality including Apple laptops. /Caveat emptor/. I'm hearing reports from those who deal with laptops much

RE: Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dhaneshk k Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:50 PM To: Wojciech Puchar; Predrag Punosevac Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Reconditioned Laptop advice People : I want to bu a laptop

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-27 Thread Joe Demeny
On Monday 24 March 2008 06:04:17 am Jason P. Thomas wrote: Joe Demeny wrote: I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114430 Does anyone have

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-27 Thread David Kelly
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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-27 Thread mdh
--- David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-27 Thread Mike Jeays
On March 27, 2008 03:09:42 pm mdh wrote: --- David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-27 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Mike Jeays wrote: On March 27, 2008 03:09:42 pm mdh wrote: --- David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I would get ThinkPad T30 or T23 from Ebay. They will work just fine with FreeBSD. They go for $190-250. my T23 works fine. all devices, no problems, any OS including FreeBSD of course ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

RE: Laptop advice

2008-03-24 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fred C Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 4:48 PM To: Derek Ragona Cc: Joe Demeny; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop advice On Mar 21, 2008, at 6:48 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: At 04:56

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-24 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, March 24, 2008 a las 12:29:16AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt escribió: Unfortunately, it is quite common for laptop vendors to write specs that use different names than industry standard for the components, so it is difficult to figure this out in advance. What you want to do is

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-24 Thread Jason P. Thomas
Joe Demeny wrote: I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114430 Does anyone have experience with these? Any suggestions for other comparable choices?

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-24 Thread Outback Dingo
Id go an ASUS low end or Lenovo, I actually have never had an issue with FreeBSD on an ASUS, except for built in web cam support, dells are nice but ive experienced issues with three of them under BSD so ive been avoiding them. I do have an ASUS W5A and a IBM Z60M Lenovo Thinkpad, both run linux

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-23 Thread Fred C
On Mar 21, 2008, at 6:48 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: At 04:56 AM 3/21/2008, Joe Demeny wrote: I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114430 Does anyone

Laptop advice

2008-03-21 Thread Joe Demeny
I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114430 Does anyone have experience with these? Any suggestions for other comparable choices? -- Joe Demeny

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-21 Thread Colin Brace
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Joe Demeny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 Read the user comments carefully. For this laptop, you'll find, for example: --- Cons: RTL8187B

Re: Laptop advice

2008-03-21 Thread Derek Ragona
At 04:56 AM 3/21/2008, Joe Demeny wrote: I need to get a budget-priced laptop, such as one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101123 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114430 Does anyone have experience with these? Any suggestions for