advice for buying a laptop

[Valeri Galtsev]

On Thu, June 9, 2016 1:43 pm, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote:
>
> Valeri Galtsev writes:
>
>> Intel WiFi adapters with model numbers 6xxx and 7xxx require some
>> additions/modifications to wireless stack on FreeBSD. These adapters
>> will
>> not work under FreeBSD.
>
> If you're reading this message, then you can be absolutely certain that
> the Intel Centrino 6205 chip---the kind shipped in the exact make and
> model of the laptop the OP is interested in---works just fine with
> FreeBSD. The 10.1-RELEASE installer automatically detected and
> configured it.
>

Then, stealing someone's phrase, it should have been pilot's error on my
side.

Back to the drawing board. My apologies, everybody, please, ignore what
I've said about Intel 6xxx adapters.

Valeri

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Valeri Galtsev
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