Generally, where I've seen hardware issues is with wireless support. I have one Thinkpad L420 at work where I wasn't able to get wireless working, but had to buy an Edimax USB wireless. That worked on 10.x, but not 9.x.
I don't have anything now that's brand new, but wireless is where I've usually seen FreeBSD lag behind Linux. (And if you're paying 21K for something, I'd guess there's a reasonable chance they'd make sure that it's compatible with whatever you want, as opposed to a new $350 laptop.)
My UX31E Asus Zenbook didn't work with FreeBSD wireless till 10.x. So, not trying to read anyone's mind, just saying what _I_ think about it, again, since this is a wish list, I'd like to be able to buy any kind of laptop or tablet, including cheap ones, and not have to worry about it working with FreeBSD, just take that as a given. Linux, even if it's got some tiny percent of the desktop, seems to have gotten mainstream enough so that many vendors are making sure they have Linux drivers.
Oko I did a
I don't have anything now that's brand new, but wireless is where I've usually seen FreeBSD lag behind Linux. (And if you're paying 21K for something, I'd guess there's a reasonable chance they'd make sure that it's compatible with whatever you want, as opposed to a new $350 laptop.)
My UX31E Asus Zenbook didn't work with FreeBSD wireless till 10.x. So, not trying to read anyone's mind, just saying what _I_ think about it, again, since this is a wish list, I'd like to be able to buy any kind of laptop or tablet, including cheap ones, and not have to worry about it working with FreeBSD, just take that as a given. Linux, even if it's got some tiny percent of the desktop, seems to have gotten mainstream enough so that many vendors are making sure they have Linux drivers.
Oko I did a
grep -i eth
on your dmesg
output and didn't see anything. I was too lazy to look harder, but I assume your network cards work.