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I wonder what your definition of a "modern laptop" laptop is ? I have a T420 with NetBSD on it and it runs perfect (on it now), I doubt I would see a differenc
by jmclnx 4y ago
I wonder what your definition of a "modern laptop" laptop is ?
I have a T420 with NetBSD on it and it runs perfect (on it now), I doubt I would see a difference with a modern laptop, no matter what the OS is. My other Laptop is a Thinkpad W541, it is pulled apart so I can thermal paste and clean it, that has BSD on it too.
These both cost far less then what a brand new Laptop would cost and they serve me perfectly.
But I am not a gamer, except for games like nethack, so maybe running fancy 3d games may be tough, but for everything else, these are fine.
- anthk 4y agoSlashem is cool, too. And IF games like Anchorhead or All things devours. On 3D games, I run OBSD under an Atom n270, 1GB RAM, crappy GMA. Scummvm supports Blade Runner and much more. Soon the Resident Evil 1-3 games will run under that. MPV and yt-dlp are capped to 420@30, but it opens 720@30 h264 vids fine. So, no need for GL > 1.4.
- frellus 4y agoBy "modern" I am thinking: * something which an IT department would likely hand out for a Windows 10 user * good screen size (13"+), good resolution/brightness to work off * certainly oesn't have to be a gaming laptop, certainly, but something which is performant * a model released in the past 3 years maybe? * weight != a brick Not trying to be contentious, it's just my viewpoint -- and I'm probably a minority; I'd just say that probably the BSD user base would grow if there was a focus like this
- antod 4y agoMy personal definition of a "modern laptop" would be having USB-C ports. Bonus points for Thunderbolt 3 or later.