Comes a time to ask again and again the same question.
More I read, less I know. Just as I found that candida-
te for my new laptop, dell latitude 13 comes with anti-
glare screen and all hardware well supported, forums
reveal that it's 320gb hard drive heats a lot. It makes
vostro v13 better runner, but...
How sounds the idea to have a place on freebsd site for
such kind of data/wiki? Laptop recommendations should
include new models only, since older ones are not easy to
find in usable condition. Also, making a go for home
node, cold and quiet box, with parts fine under freebsd
is not so obvious. Especially for newer graphic chips.
It shows that my first idea to get cold phenom II on the
integrated mobo fails on almost all parts.
Yep, some kind of wiki, saying "phenom to use under 8.2
to be cold and chip to find for amd mobo to take small
amount of power might be..."
At last, sad thing is that only before mentioned dell
comes supported and with matte screen. What is the box
you would recommend, not going deep into past decade?
Best regards all
Zoran
On Jul 12, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Zoran Kolic wrote:> Comes a time to ask again and again the same question. > More I read, less I know. Just as I found that candida- > te for my new laptop, dell latitude 13 comes with anti- > glare screen and all hardware well supported, forums > reveal that it's 320gb hard drive heats a lot. It makes > vostro v13 better runner, but... > How sounds the idea to have a place on freebsd site for > such kind of data/wiki? Laptop recommendations should > include new models only, since older ones are not easy to > find in usable condition. Also, making a go for home > node, cold and quiet box, with parts fine under freebsd > is not so obvious. Especially for newer graphic chips. > It shows that my first idea to get cold phenom II on the > integrated mobo fails on almost all parts. > Yep, some kind of wiki, saying "phenom to use under 8.2 > to be cold and chip to find for amd mobo to take small > amount of power might be..."There is this list for laptops: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/> At last, sad thing is that only before mentioned dell > comes supported and with matte screen. What is the box > you would recommend, not going deep into past decade?See the recent thread on the freebsd-mobile list with subject "Laptop recommendations?" JN
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:18:58 +0200 Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs> wrote:> Comes a time to ask again and again the same question. > More I read, less I know. Just as I found that candida- > te for my new laptop, dell latitude 13 comes with anti- > glare screen and all hardware well supported, forums > reveal that it's 320gb hard drive heats a lot. It makes > vostro v13 better runner, but... > How sounds the idea to have a place on freebsd site for > such kind of data/wiki? Laptop recommendations should > include new models only, since older ones are not easy to > find in usable condition. Also, making a go for home > node, cold and quiet box, with parts fine under freebsd > is not so obvious. Especially for newer graphic chips. > It shows that my first idea to get cold phenom II on the > integrated mobo fails on almost all parts. > Yep, some kind of wiki, saying "phenom to use under 8.2 > to be cold and chip to find for amd mobo to take small > amount of power might be..." > At last, sad thing is that only before mentioned dell > comes supported and with matte screen. What is the box > you would recommend, not going deep into past decade? > Best regards all > > Zoran >Perhaps you already know this site (http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/)? The comment parts sometimes include relevant info, such as "fan alwas running". As to the last question, I am rather (very) fond of my Thinkpad R500 running FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE. Thinkpads in general seem enjoy a high reputation ... Cheers, -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ GMT + 2
> There is this list for laptops: > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/Been there. Seen that. Obsolete. My very idea would be to have recent models in some kind of wiki. I believe that at least hundred guys on the list could post quality articles on the subject regarding lap- tops they regurarly use.> See the recent thread on the freebsd-mobile list with subject "Laptop recommendations?"Mostly older stuff recommended. Hard to find or I dislike what I see on the review for particular model. Thank you for answering my question. Zoran
stay away from newer hp laptops. been repairing laptops for money in recent years. HP laptops made after 2008 generally have serious issues with BGA lifting, and usually require motherboard replacement after 1-2 years. also their manuals have even more undocumented disassembly instructions, as well as incorrect disassembly instructions (use common sense and your eyes, following instructions will destroy hp laptops). as far as new/used, don't be biased. a used laptop will work fine. just keep the airpath and fan clean. used laptops on ebay can be had cheap, and rarely need extra work, and when they do, the parts are cheap and at the same place. advice: used is okay, use core2 duo or better, 3G RAM min, and samsung and toshiba BOTH now make 9.5mm 1TB laptop drives (for older laptops). Zoran Kolic wrote:> Comes a time to ask again and again the same question. > More I read, less I know. Just as I found that candida- > te for my new laptop, dell latitude 13 comes with anti- > glare screen and all hardware well supported, forums > reveal that it's 320gb hard drive heats a lot. It makes > vostro v13 better runner, but... > How sounds the idea to have a place on freebsd site for > such kind of data/wiki? Laptop recommendations should > include new models only, since older ones are not easy to > find in usable condition. Also, making a go for home > node, cold and quiet box, with parts fine under freebsd > is not so obvious. Especially for newer graphic chips. > It shows that my first idea to get cold phenom II on the > integrated mobo fails on almost all parts. > Yep, some kind of wiki, saying "phenom to use under 8.2 > to be cold and chip to find for amd mobo to take small > amount of power might be..." > At last, sad thing is that only before mentioned dell > comes supported and with matte screen. What is the box > you would recommend, not going deep into past decade? > Best regards all > > Zoran > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
>> I might be able to admin such a wiki, but I have no place to put it. > want a vm guest all for yourself in the westin?apologies, this was supposed to be private
> I'm typing this on a Dell Latitude E6410 - Core i5, iwn wifi, em lan, > nvidia graphics, webcam supported by webcamd...There seems to be one interesting new laptop, lenovo e320, coded as 685D089. It is i3, 3000hd graphics, probably 5100 wifi. Model with freedos for about 460 euros. Matte screen, as far as I could find right now. And 13 inch. Available for 3-4 weeks. I assume 9.0 will have code ready. Best regards Zoran