Laptop suggestions?

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:13:03AM +0300, Stefan Lambrev wrote:
> Matt Olander wrote:
>> On Jul 25, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:34:32 -0500, Frank Mayhar <frank at exit.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My old Dell Inspiron 5160 has developed problems that I can't fix,  
>>>> sigh,
>>>> so it's time to replace it.  I'm hoping for some good suggestions from
>>>> this list (cc'd to hackers for the exposure, I know everyone doesn't
>>>> read -mobile).
>>>>
>>>> My criteria:
>>>>      * 3D acceleration.
>>>>      * MiniPCI wireless (don't care which card, I'll replace it
>>>>        anyway).
>>>>      * At least 15" screen.
>>>>      * Decent power consumption.
>>>>      * Plays well with FreeBSD 7-stable.
>>>>
>>>> Nice to have:
>>>>      * Dual core.
>>>>      * >4GB memory.
>>>>      * Working suspend/hibernate mode (and no, I'm not holding my
>>>>        breath).
>>>>
>>>> So, suggestions?  BTW, if I get a decent response I'll summarize it for
>>>> the list, along with the one I chose and my experience after
>>>> ordering/installing it.
>>>
>>> Maybe you can wait for this:
>>>
>>> http://www.ixsystems.com/products/bsd-laptop.html
>>
>> Hi everyone! I actually had our prototype of this laptop up at the  
>> OSCON show in Portland and it was pretty well received.
>> Everything works for the most part although we're still tweaking some  
>> things for ACPI.
>>
>> I'll have one at the FreeBSD booth at LinuxWorld in San Francisco next  
>> week, August 5-7. We'll announce as soon as this thing is 100% and  
>> we're comfortable bringing the product line up as an item that we're  
>> comfortable supporting long term. Most likely, available to the  
>> general public in September.
> Does it have web cam btw ? I do not saw in spec, but on the picture  
> looks like it have.

FreeBSD has support for webcams?  News to me.

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