BSD laptop

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:10:31 +0000
"Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollingmail.com> wrote:

> Hi BSD people
> 
> First of all, apologies for cross-posting but I'm
looking to buy a new
> laptop and simultaneously learning to run a flavour of
BSD on it. I've some
> experience with Linux, so I'm not a total n00b, but I
haven't really done
> much "in-depth" with any BSD.
> 
> I would like to know what laptop vendors/models people
recommend for
> installing BSD on, and what gaps (if any) exist in
hardware support. To get
> things started I should mention that I was looking at
buying one of either
> IBM/Lenovo, Fujitsu, or the British makes Mesh or Acorn
- but I'm not
> opposed to other suggestions. The system should have,
at minimum:
> 

Hi Jeff,
you may want to search the mobile archives, as there are
*plenty* of postings
about this specific question, and other postings that should
give  some useful 
information...

FWIW, i'm running a Thinkpad z60m with no probs at all...not
64 bit though.
suspend works really well...search the archives for complete
details...

good luck,
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"Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollingmail.com> wrote:
> Hi BSD people
>
> First of all, apologies for cross-posting but I'm
looking to buy a new
> laptop and simultaneously learning to run a flavour of
BSD on it. I've
> some experience with Linux, so I'm not a total n00b,
but I haven't really
> done much "in-depth" with any BSD.
>
> I would like to know what laptop vendors/models people
recommend for
> installing BSD on, and what gaps (if any) exist in
hardware support. To
> get things started I should mention that I was looking
at buying one of
> either IBM/Lenovo, Fujitsu, or the British makes Mesh
or Acorn - but I'm
> not opposed to other suggestions. The system should
have, at minimum:

Don't get a Dell Inspiron 9400 as it lacks features such as
audio (azalia) 
microphone/line input, headphone sensing etc - see PR
kern/34071, no driver 
for X1300 graphics adapter (running vesa driver at the
moment, hence no 
hardware accelleration), ubt0 doesn't operate see PR
kern/34070, wpi0 flakey 
bevaiour e.g. short range and loosing interface similar to
that reported by 
PR kern/32133. I also blame the wpi for causing crashes of
the operating 
system as it only happens when wpi is active mostly at
night, my guess is 
being triggered under high CPU load whilst running the daily
scripts during 
the night.

Besides this, Dell Laptop are quite prone to scratching,
wear and tear. The 
quality of the enclosure is all but desirable. I certainly
will be changing 
brands next time.

As such, I'm stuck with it for now... :(

cheerio Berndt