Re: Low-cost, FreeBSD-compatible notebook
John Kimble wrote: Hello everyone. I am looking into buying a cheap notebook computer (sub $800, the cheaper the better). I have been playing around with FreeBSD for the last few months and have decided to make it my sole OS, so I really want a notebook that's as FreeBSD-compatible as possible. I know ThinkPad's the best for Linux (I would expect the same for FreeBSD), but as they are a little out of my price range ;) I was wondering if you guys had some other suggestions. Depends on what your budget is. I paid $1600 last year for a spiffy T42 with a great 14" SXGA LCD. The "Express" models on Lenovo's site are the cheaper versions You can score a T20, 21, 22 or 23 on eBay really cheap, and still get a decent CPU with X support, so don't assume they come at a premium cause you might miss out on a decent machine with the best keyboard around. I personally don't run FBSD on it as I have yet to see a successful implementation of sleep/hybernate. So far, only Ubuntu Linux seems to support it in a stable way, but I replaced Windows XP's explorer.exe with Blackbox4Windows and cygwin, so its almost like using a unix box with a decent window manager. - Darek ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Low-cost, FreeBSD-compatible notebook
Thanks for the links, much appreciated. However, they seem a little outdated (I don't see any notebooks currently available via the manufacturer). You wouldn't happen to have anything more recent, would you? Thanks again. J Kim Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking into buying a cheap notebook computer (sub $800, the > cheaper the better). I have been playing around with FreeBSD for the > last few months and have decided to make it my sole OS, so I really want > a notebook that's as FreeBSD-compatible as possible. I know ThinkPad's > the best for Linux (I would expect the same for FreeBSD), but as they > are a little out of my price range ;) I was wondering if you guys had > some other suggestions. http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html http://www.zapatec.com/freebsd/laptop/ -philip - Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Low-cost, FreeBSD-compatible notebook
I am looking into buying a cheap notebook computer (sub $800, the cheaper the better). I have been playing around with FreeBSD for the last few months and have decided to make it my sole OS, so I really want a notebook that's as FreeBSD-compatible as possible. I know ThinkPad's the best for Linux (I would expect the same for FreeBSD), but as they are a little out of my price range ;) I was wondering if you guys had some other suggestions. http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html http://www.zapatec.com/freebsd/laptop/ -philip ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
