cracauer@
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I bought a system76 gazelle 15", intending to replace Linux with FreeBSD. Things do not work out with that hardware (unrelated to OSes) and I need to find something else for FreeBSD. Since I will keep the Gazelle for light duty I have 15" covered and want something smaller.
For used 12-14" compacts, is a Thinkpad X220 my best option for FreeBSD? I must have a solid keyboard. I am willing to use USB sound, USB wireless if that is what it takes.
Now, having said that. I can say that I would really like to have Haswell. The performance of the Haswell i7 in the Gazelle is just top notch and even the 4600 graphics are surprisingly usable. My benchmarking also indicated that the Turbo works a lot better than on older i7s, it seems to kick in much smoother and give things like compilation an extra boost not expressed on the GHz rating of the boost (what I'm saying is the pause to wait for the disk causes Turbo to drop out and then Haswell is better at getting back in gear).
What would it take to have a FreeBSD friendly Haswell 12-14"?
For used 12-14" compacts, is a Thinkpad X220 my best option for FreeBSD? I must have a solid keyboard. I am willing to use USB sound, USB wireless if that is what it takes.
Now, having said that. I can say that I would really like to have Haswell. The performance of the Haswell i7 in the Gazelle is just top notch and even the 4600 graphics are surprisingly usable. My benchmarking also indicated that the Turbo works a lot better than on older i7s, it seems to kick in much smoother and give things like compilation an extra boost not expressed on the GHz rating of the boost (what I'm saying is the pause to wait for the disk causes Turbo to drop out and then Haswell is better at getting back in gear).
What would it take to have a FreeBSD friendly Haswell 12-14"?