On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 12:45:10PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > On 6/27/07, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At this time, I cannot recommend purchase of any machines based on the > > > Intel Core 2 until these issues are dealt with (which I suspect will > > > take more than a year). Intel must be come more transparent. > > > > > > (While here, I would like to say that AMD is becoming less helpful day > > > by day towards open source operating systems too, perhaps because > > > their serious errata lists are growing rapidly too). > > > > so what laptop would you recommend to buy? > > I don't make recommendations. >
Ok, rephrase the question (and I don't do laptop): What computer/processor (any arch, not limited to i386) has the power to do typical desktop stuff (browse the web, watch DVDs, edit photos) and at the same time has been great to port/develop for? Anything other than the desktop stuff above works just fine on my 486 with OBSD (thanks again all). Other than Intel and AMD, is there a third CPU maker that makes good CPUs that work in systems that will then run OBSD? For example, I note that the IBM PowerPC is _not_ listed as a port and I know that there must be a reason for this. If there was such a vendor and a port didn't exist, perhaps a discussion on what a port would take would be in order? Just my 2c, and I already bought my new box for this decade (AMD Athlon 64). Doug.
