Re: Laptop Recommendations for NetBSD?

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 23:33, Chris Humphries <chris%sogubsys.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Suggestions weren't mind-blowing or anything, but the usual suspects:
> Thinkpads and people saying some random laptop mostly works for them.
>
> Mostly, it seems folks don't really run NetBSD on laptops, and if they
> do they're silent about it.
> I personally suspect most people run NetBSD as on servers,
> virtualization (virtualbox or qemu), or toys like old machines/ports
> and arm boards. I'd guess a very small percentage of NetBSD users use
> it as a daily driver.

I would agree that its likely NetBSD gets much more use on servers &
embedded machines.
I'm another NetBSD ThinkPad user - T530 which is supported quite well.
My main use is IntelliJ IDEA java development.
My main gripe would be Firefox crashing on trying to load some sites
(eg maps.google.com) :/

David