MorgothV8 said:
OK, and what about: Lenovo SL500 - looks quite good and the price is also good
This Lenovo SL500 I can but at 2400 PLN (polish currency) wchich is 589 Euros or 828 USD (today). Is this Lenovo OK? What about its compatiblity with FreeBSD?
My buddy has SL500 with 1680x1050 resolution, along with nVidia graphics, but with stock 4-cell baterry, which lasts about 2 hours on Windows Vista (he does not uses *NIX), so at least get version with 6 or more cell battery.
But I havent tried FreeBSD on SL500.
About compatibility, you will have problems with WiFi for sure, at least for some time, and its more expensive then Latitudes and ThinkPads we mentioned earlier.
If you want reliable compatibility, then get T60 (14"/15") / T61(14"/15") / D630(14") / D830(15") with extended baterry and better resolution screen.
For example I can work about 8:30 on batteries on my
D630
About HP, the only model that I would recommend is HP 2510p 12", dual core, X3100 graphics, non-glare screen, great price (2200PLN), so if you need 12" powerful laptop, then 2510p is the choice. You also have 3 choices if it comes to battery, 4-cell (5 hours), 6-cell (8 hours) and 9-cell (10 hours) with 2510p, but that only for 12".
... I forgot about other HP model that is worthy (and very cheap), HP ProBook 4510s, but I do not know if they have nVidia graphics.