[nycbug-talk] OT: Laptop is dead - what am I going to do?

[Matt Juszczak]

HP laptops used to be pretty unstable and easily broke.  Have they become 
more stable and reliable?

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008, Andy Kosela wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:23 AM,  <matt at atopia.net> wrote:
>> Nah, looking for a primary machine.
>
> I'm using HP Compaq 6715b which has a nice 15" wide screen. Works
> flawlessly with FreeBSD after applying some patches from Coleman Kane
> http://cokane.org/dokuwiki/freebsd/amd64_compatibility#getting_the_hp_compaq_6715b_working
> Generally I like HP's laptops (very comfortable keyboards which is a
> must for mostly CLI oriented geeks, high quality screens very suitable
> for long hours of work).
>
> -- 
> Andy Kosela
> ora et labora
>