Re: Half OT: laptop reccomendations

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 2:02 PM Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <
m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 10:44 PM Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> wrote:
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>> Hello.
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>> I'm looking for a small (12" max) laptop which can be used with FreeBSD.
>> Nothing fancy, really: >=8GiB RAM, possibly FullHD, possibly 4 cores and
>> possibly with (old) USB ports.
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>> Finding such a small laptop has become difficult; finding such a small
>> laptop which doesn't come infested with Windows has proven impossible up
>> to now.
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>> Any hint on a brand/producer I should check?
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>>   bye & Thanks
>>         av.
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> When the following phrase is searched in Google
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> laptop sold as freebsd loaded
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> there are not any useful links .
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> If you search the following phrase in Google
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> laptop sold as linux loaded
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> you will find many links about seller companies .
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> It seems that  a possible way to find a FreeBSD loadable laptop is to
> buy a Linux loadable or loaded laptop , and  then install onto a
> suitable FreeBSD for you . It may be very likely that FreeBSD will work on
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> laptop . Personally I do not know anything about any kind of laptops ,
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> up to now I did not need any one .
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> Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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Have you looked at:

https://wiki.freebsd.org/Laptops

Once you’ve identified a good candidate, you could search eBay for one.

Andrew