Justin wrote:
> Obviously I hit Google first, but the laptops listed are fairly old -
> some as far back as 1999. I'm looking to buy a used laptop from maybe a
> year ago to install FreeBSD; but I'm not having any luck finding one
> that I know will work correctly with the built in Ethernet and wifi.
> Can somebody point me in the right direction to find some sort of magic
> list?

A good starting point:

http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/

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Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Warren Block wrote:
> Justin wrote:
>> Obviously I hit Google first, but the laptops listed are fairly old -
>> some as far back as 1999. I'm looking to buy a used laptop from maybe a
>> year ago to install FreeBSD; but I'm not having any luck finding one
>> that I know will work correctly with the built in Ethernet and wifi.
>> Can somebody point me in the right direction to find some sort of magic
>> list?
>
> A good starting point:
>
> http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/
>

Strange, that wasn't loading for me earlier. Now it is. There must
have been something clogging up the tubes.

On Aug 10, 9:16*pm, Justin wrote:
> Obviously I hit Google first, but the laptops listed are fairly old -
> some as far back as 1999. *I'm looking to buy a used laptop from maybe a
> year ago to install FreeBSD; but I'm not having any luck finding one
> that I know will work correctly with the built in Ethernet and wifi.
> Can somebody point me in the right direction to find some sort of magic
> list?

I just added mine to the list. The compaq F767NR routinely goes on
sale for $499 or less. I paid $499 for 2G/250G.

The wifi works when you update the ath code, and the nvidia-driver and
nvidia-xconfig produce full resolution X.

I haven't played with power yet.

hawk

dochawk wrote:
> On Aug 10, 9:16 pm, Justin wrote:
>> Obviously I hit Google first, but the laptops listed are fairly old -
>> some as far back as 1999. I'm looking to buy a used laptop from maybe a
>> year ago to install FreeBSD; but I'm not having any luck finding one
>> that I know will work correctly with the built in Ethernet and wifi.
>> Can somebody point me in the right direction to find some sort of magic
>> list?
>
> I just added mine to the list. The compaq F767NR routinely goes on
> sale for $499 or less. I paid $499 for 2G/250G.
>
> The wifi works when you update the ath code, and the nvidia-driver and
> nvidia-xconfig produce full resolution X.
>
> I haven't played with power yet.
>
> hawk

Meh... Power schmower. I won't be using it on a plane or something
like that. Color me crazy but I can't concentrate with two apartment
sized turbofans are at 60% throttle. Hehe..

On Sep 15, 7:31*pm, Justin wrote:
> Meh... *Power schmower. *I won't be using it on a plane or something
> like that. *Color me crazy but I can't concentrate with two apartment
> sized turbofans are at 60% throttle. *Hehe..

It would be nice, though, to be able to close the lid and put it to
sleep, and resume where I left off. I don't have anything between
"on" and "shutdown" at the moment.

hawk