Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...

[rasmith at tamu.edu]

From: Freddie Cash <fcash at ocis.net>
Subject: Re: Recommended laptops for FreeBSD 6.x ...
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 15:20:17 -0700

> The Satellite line of Toshiba laptops are pretty much crap.  I've yet to 
> find a Satellite user that likes their laptop.  Even when running Windows 
> XP on it.  Getting non-Windows OSes running on them tends to be a 
> frustrating endeavor.

May I introduce you to a Satellite user who likes his laptop?  I
haven't used FreeBSD on it (though my desktop and a couple of servers
I admin are all 6.2-STABLE), but Ubuntu Linux is basically trouble free on
my Satellite U205.  I bought it in December and installed Ubuntu Edgy
immediately (all hardware detected without trouble).  The only issues
are the fingerprint reader (never bothered to try) and suspend-to-ram 
suspend-to-disk works fine).  Very sharp screen, light weight, nice
keyboard feel, solidly built.

I suppose this is a little off-topic since I haven't tried FreeBSD
on it, but it's a relevant data point.

Robin Smith