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Time for a New Laptop
The HP that I'm now using has never been what I would call Unix-friendly. Unix-tolerant might be more descriptive. I'll try Lenovo this time. I've heard good things about them. So many models to choose from; such a low signal-to-noise ratio in the descriptions. The two things that do stand out are...
Video -- Intel or nVidia Wireless -- Intel or Broadcom I'm leaning towards nVidia simply because it seems to have dedicated video RAM, whereas Intel video seems to depend on main RAM, Does anyone have any words of wisdom regarding these choices? Lenovo broadly categorizes their laptops into Value Line, Ideapad and Thinkpad. I see nothing which suggests to me that a Value Line model won't get the job done. Is anyone aware of a compelling reason to move further up the price range? No, I am not a gamer, but I do use my laptop to watch movies. |
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If you get Lenovo ThinkPad or Dell Latitude, you may be sure that it will be good choice without ACPI issues and so, but I do not have and experience with FreeBSD on IdeaPad series.
I for sure would not get IdeaPad series because of glossy screen and non ThinkPad/Latitude keyboard layout. Have you thought about getting a used one?
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Mine arrives tomorrow (an older x61 tablet), but I will not run BSD as the host OS. |
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The switching is only supported on Vista, even XP and Linux don't support it.
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