I thought others would find this interesting. I have come to the conclusion that FreeBSD performs so poorly on this laptop that a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero would run better.
Laptop Specs:
Dual core 2.2 ghz
4GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 260 with 1GB VRAM with Nvidia driver installed and working
Sandisk SSD
50 watts power usage
Pi Zero Specs:
Single Core 1 ghz
512 MB RAM
Broadcom GPU
Micro SD card
1 watt power usage
Laptop
1. Boot time - boots to the KDE desktop in about 4 minutes
2. Web browsing - has trouble scrolling with a single Amazon tab and is too slow to play any web video
3. Video playback - VLC says it is too slow to play 400x320 resolution videos
Pi Zero
1. Boot time - boots into Linux in about 1 minute
2. Web browsing - can handle 1-3 tabs open in the web browser and can even sometimes play a video in the browser
3. Video playback - unaccelerated video up to 720p and accelerated video at 1080p
I have already built a replacement for this laptop but I feel so sorry for people who have to use a few years old computer to run FreeBSD.
Laptop Specs:
Dual core 2.2 ghz
4GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 260 with 1GB VRAM with Nvidia driver installed and working
Sandisk SSD
50 watts power usage
Pi Zero Specs:
Single Core 1 ghz
512 MB RAM
Broadcom GPU
Micro SD card
1 watt power usage
Laptop
1. Boot time - boots to the KDE desktop in about 4 minutes
2. Web browsing - has trouble scrolling with a single Amazon tab and is too slow to play any web video
3. Video playback - VLC says it is too slow to play 400x320 resolution videos
Pi Zero
1. Boot time - boots into Linux in about 1 minute
2. Web browsing - can handle 1-3 tabs open in the web browser and can even sometimes play a video in the browser
3. Video playback - unaccelerated video up to 720p and accelerated video at 1080p
I have already built a replacement for this laptop but I feel so sorry for people who have to use a few years old computer to run FreeBSD.