[talk] Cheap Laptops/Netbook

Eric Radman ericshane at eradman.com
Tue Sep 16 09:59:50 EDT 2014


On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 09:10:03AM -0400, George Rosamond wrote:
> Sujit K M wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am on a look out for new laptops preferable running FreeBSD or OpenBSD.
> > I am looking for the cheapest 100$ to 500$. Preferably 100$ - 250$.
> 
> That was my quest for years.
> 
> I have to say the first and only laptop where it didn't just hibernate
> but actually resumed was OpenBSD on a thinkpad x120e.  It's awesome.
> Battery life is great.

Suspsend-resume/hibernate-unhibernate using OpenBSD is also flawless on
the T60p. Battery life is not great, but they are versatile and great
deal if you want a 14 or 15" screen (1400x1050).

Eric




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