Laptop suggestions?

[Achim Patzner]

Am 31.07.2008 um 02:45 schrieb Carlos A. M. dos Santos:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Achim Patzner <ap at bnc.net> wrote:
>> I tried to break that habit more than once
>> but right now the only comfortable way of running FreeBSD on a laptop
>> is VMware Fusion on a Mac. Reading this entire thread convinced me
>> even more.
>
> Please define "comfortable".

You just did so:

> I never attempted to use neither Bluetooth nor the fingerprint reader
> [...] the memory card
> reader does not work. I also ran 8.0-CURRENT on a HP 6910p because 7.0
> did not support the WI-FI card.

Great Lord. I just opened the box, turned the machine on and - after  
waiting
fo about a few minutes - just began using it. Drivers? Who cares. Serial
port? Just plug in an USB-to-serial. Getting X to run on the *censored*
*even more censorship*? No problem, it's even launching itself should I
really need it. Camera? Built-in. Unix that feels like FreeBSD? Built- 
in.
HSDPA? Just connect the USB modem or plug in the Merlin XU.

NO FUCKING INTEL STICKERS TO PEEL OFF. PRICELESS.

It's a perfect machine for the desktop; I've forbidden FreeBSD to come
creeping out the server room some years ago. I need it for keeping the
penguins away, it's really good at that (no wonder - pitchforks do  
hurt).
But it's a pain for desktoppy things - so why shouldn't I use something
less useful? And the other way round: Running Mac OS X Server is the
most painful thing I've ever been paid for; I've been replacing a lot of
them with FreeBSD-based servers.


Achim