Re: Buying a notebook for use with OpenBSD.

[Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org>]

The tibook works very well for me.  For laptops, it is best to see if 
anyone else has your model working, and in what condition.  APM/ACPI, 
video, network, modem all tend to be "problem areas".  APM generally 
works, ACPI doesn't.  Video depends on the chipset, I like the ATI 
chipsets personally.  Network cards tend to be rl (shudder), with a 
decent minorty of fxps.  Built-in modems rarely work.

http://www.openbsd.org/i386-laptop.html will give you laptop specific 
information.

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:04:50PM +0200, Johanes Hofmann wrote:
:Hi,
:I always wanted to buy a laptop for use with OpenBSD and now that I
:have the needed money I have some general questions.
:Do I have to bear anything special in mind when picking CPU,
:motherboard, graphic chipset, etc..?
:The model I'm considdering for the moment is the Asus L3500D.
:Technical specificasions in questions are:
:SiS740 with integrated graphics
:I coulnd't find the chipset on http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html so I wonder
:if anyone got experinces to share?
:
:TIA,
:john
: