Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Donald Allen
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Mihai Popescu wrote: > Folks, pay attention, please! The OP asked about a laptop. > Pansonic Thoughbook is not a laptop! It's a real desktop. > I think the folks *are* paying attention. For example:

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Mihai Popescu
Folks, pay attention, please! The OP asked about a laptop. Pansonic Thoughbook is not a laptop! It's a real desktop. Thanks.

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Bryan C. Everly
I picked up a Core 2 Duo Toughbook for $40 US on eBay a month or so back. I had to spend another $9 to get an Intel WiFi card for it but it worked right out of the box. With an older processor and only 4gb of RAM it isn't a powerhouse dev machine, but for email, web, etc it works great. The wifi

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 07:46:30AM -0600, Jordon wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2016, at 5:36 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 08:03:04PM -0600, jordon wrote: > >> WiFi Just Works! > > > >> iwm0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260" rev

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread bytevolcano
On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 07:25:11 -0600 Chris Bennett wrote: > > I also notice that Thinkpads and Toughbooks seem to be the preferred > choices for a cheaper laptop. I need a newer laptop too, so I will > look into those on ebay. > > Thanks > Chris Bennett >

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Jordon
> On Nov 12, 2016, at 5:36 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 08:03:04PM -0600, jordon wrote: >> WiFi Just Works! > >> iwm0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260" rev 0x3a, >> msi > > Uhmm, you probably wanna be running -current with this

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Chris Bennett
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:36:54PM +0100, Stefan Sperling wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 08:03:04PM -0600, jordon wrote: > > WiFi Just Works! > > > iwm0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260" rev 0x3a, > > msi > > Uhmm, you probably wanna be running -current with this one.

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Bryan C. Everly
I have been running a Thinkpad x220 for some time until it died. I replaced it with an x230 (my RAM, hard drive and mSATA drive were compatible so I moved them) and I must say it is a much better machine. Everything literally works out of the box and the build quality was much better. I am now

Re: Laptop Recommendations?

2016-11-12 Thread Stefan Sperling
On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 08:03:04PM -0600, jordon wrote: > WiFi Just Works! > iwm0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 8260" rev 0x3a, > msi Uhmm, you probably wanna be running -current with this one. Then wifi should work even better ;-)