[geeks] FreeBSD Laptop

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

I bought a second hand HP Elitebook 8540W for $275, added a 240GB SSD I had bought but never used.

Got the external, 2nd battery for it, so battery life is (not sure) about 5 hours or more, depending on various factors.

Has decent trackpad plus the mouse nub (like the red nub on a ThinkPad).

Probably not the lightest, but I got an earlier-gen i7 and maxed it to 8GB RAM. Zippy enough.

Screen is 1920x1080 .

I can ask a local guy who refurbs laptops if he has another for you, or something similar, if you want details ask off-list.

Cheers

Patrick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 7:18:27 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: [geeks] FreeBSD Laptop

Hey all,

I'm looking to replace my aging and now-a-bit-frustrating MacBook Pro.

13" is getting a bit too tiny for me, and the battery seems to be showing 
some age.

So...I need a laptop I can tolerate to use! ;)

Needed:
1). >13" screen, 15" preferred, but 14 or 13 high-res would likely be fine
2). Higher resolution than 1280x600, 1920x1080 preferred but not too 
essential
3). Memory/drive should either be reasonably priced if soldered, or 
unsoldered
4). Wireless has to work in FreeBSD or a tiny USB dongle has to be 
recommended
5). FreeBSD battery life has to be longer than 4 hours.
6). Build quality should be above terrible, but not 
necessarily three-layer titanium.
7). Shouldn't be outrageously thick.

Any recommendations?

As tempting as the Evo n400c recommendation was...I'd prefer 
something...recent ;)

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Cory Smelosky
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