freebsd-mobile Digest, Vol 215, Issue 1

Fri May 11 13:14:10 UTC 2007

2 weeks ago I've got an acer Aspire 5612 with nvidia graphics card well I'm
using freesbie 2.0 and it uses the vesa driver also I needed a pcmcia wifi
card I'm using now a connection n&c 108 WGTLMG and it seems working :) Ximo

On 5/11/07, freebsd-mobile-request at freebsd.org <
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>    1. Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... (Kiffin Gish)
>    2. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
>       (Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri)
>    3. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
>       (Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri)
>    4. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... (Randy Bush)
>    5. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... (Randy Bush)
>    6. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... (Erik Norgaard)
>    7. Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ... (Henrik Brix Andersen)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 10:19:14 +0200
> From: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Subject: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <001601c793a5$106c5310$6601a8c0 at KGISH>
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> I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was wondering which laptops are
> recommended for a high-end system.
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> Thanks a lot in advance.
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> --
> Kiffin Rex Gish
> Gouda, The Netherlands
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:28:44 +0300
> From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> On 5/11/07, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl> wrote:
> > I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was wondering which laptops are
> > recommended for a high-end system.
> >
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> >
> > --
> > Kiffin Rex Gish
> > Gouda, The Netherlands
>
> IBM thinkpad for sure.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
> Arab Portal
> http://www.WeArab.Net/
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:30:37 +0300
> From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
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> On 5/11/07, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/11/07, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl> wrote:
> > > I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was wondering which laptops
> are
> > > recommended for a high-end system.
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot in advance.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kiffin Rex Gish
> > > Gouda, The Netherlands
> >
> > IBM thinkpad for sure.
>
>
> Actually go for Asus with nvidia video card since thinkpad only uses
> ATI/AMD which isn't supporting FreeBSD with the proper driver yet.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
> Arab Portal
> http://www.WeArab.Net/
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:21:22 +0300
> From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <46443592.4030105 at psg.com>
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> dell's repackage of alienware, m1710 is bitchin' box.
>
> randy
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:35:04 +0300
> From: Randy Bush <randy at psg.com>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie at gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Message-ID: <464438C8.6090905 at psg.com>
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> > Actually go for Asus
>
> and pray that you never need support because you will not get it.  no
> thanks.  been there.
>
> randy
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:28:20 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard at locolomo.org>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>
> Cc: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20070511112704.A6252 at strange.locolomo.org>
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> On Fri, 11 May 2007, Kiffin Gish wrote:
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> > I'm looking to purchase a new laptop and was wondering which laptops are
> > recommended for a high-end system.
>
> Do not buy Sony VAIO. They suck and suffer massive hardware conflicts
> related to ACPI. I have given up getting mine to run properly.
>
> Cheers, Erik
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 12:45:22 +0200
> From: Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik at brixandersen.dk>
> Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
> To: freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20070511104522.GA79279 at tirith.brixandersen.dk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:30:37PM +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
> wrote:
> >  Actually go for Asus with nvidia video card since thinkpad only uses
> >  ATI/AMD which isn't supporting FreeBSD with the proper driver yet.
>
> Or get a ThinkPad with Intel graphics.
>
> --
> Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik at brixandersen.dk>
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