Re: netbsd : 6.1.4 : on lenovo m72e tiny : works well?

[Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh%kathe.in@localhost>]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 07:50:31PM +0200, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> On 14 June 2014 17:43, Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh%kathe.in@localhost> wrote:
> > does anyone has any experience running netbsd 6.1.4 on
> > a lenovo m72e tiny machine?
> 
> I have experience of this machines running Windows 7 at the local
> library and they are very nice and powerful but no experience with
> Netbsd on them.
> 
> I assume the latest versions come with Windows 8. I'd personally be
> very wary of anything that comes with Win 8. You might run into lack
> of drivers, proprietary
> hardware and what not.

thanks for responding.
the versions available out here (india) come with no operating system.
and they have a 3 year warranty on them, which is a major advantage.

is there any way to test hardware support without installing netbsd?
i could always convince the vendor to let me run a live cd or something!

~mayuresh