[BUGS] laptop for freebsd home and troubleshooting network usage

[matti k]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:20:09 +1000
jonathan michaels <jlm at caamora.com.au> wrote:

> greetings all,
> 
> i've been asked what i wanted for christmass and i've replied a
> laptop with a 15 inch plus screen that will handle freebsd (any
> bsd ok) i have my preferences toshiba possibly dell (out side
> of tehat anything that will ship with ms windows xp
> professional, if i cannot get freebsd or a sane version of
> linux).

Hi Jonathan, if it were me I'd probably get Vista and dual boot
FreeBSD for a while, then when happy, get rid of the other OS.
Unless you plan on actually using Windows for anything more than a
test bed, then get whatever flavour you're happy with. Most laptops
these days don't come with install CD's but rather a recovery partition
on the hard drive. They have various methods for burning install CD's
though, so don't forget to do that before wiping your hard drive!

> my requirements are simple, outside of having a 15/17 inch
> screen and 2 gb or 3 gb dram and it run freebsd "flawlessly" i
> am open to sugestions ..
> 
> would teams bugs be so kind as to provide some suggestions, war
> stories laptops to stay away from and or laptops that work,
> well with all teh important bits wifi screen res 1200x1024'ish
> dvd/cd cut/read easy replace batteries and hdd onboard
> ethernet.
> 
> i have had a bit off a look and teh numbers. names words don't
> mean much to me .. i'm still stuck in teh late 80's early 90's
> when laptops weight in at 20 pounds and had orange on black
> test screens if tehy had "graphics" capabilities .. grin

I can't really recommend anything in particular, here's some links
that might help ...

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/
http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/

> much appreciations, kind regards
> 
> jonathan 
> 

Cheers,
Matti