On 2013-08-26 00:42, Stefan Sperling wrote:
In my experience, now that video is out of the way, the thing to look
out most for is getting a well supported built-in wireless card.
That's starting to become difficult when buying new laptops because
most drivers are lacking support for newer hardware variants.
If the built-in wireless card doesn't work, your options are to replace
it with a supported card or get a supported USB-based one. If you shop
around for used minipci cards or USB wifi sticks with names matching
the ones listed in driver man pages, you should get lucky. Note that
some laptops (e.g. Thinkpads) do not allow the built-in cards to be
replaced unless the new card matches a whitelist stored in the BIOS.
There are various hacks around this, but it's a nuisance.
Some card readers in newer laptops might not be supported either,
especially if they're realtek ones (these don't look like standard
SD host controllers). OpenBSD currently supports one realtek card
reader version, the RTS5209. But there are other versions out there,
which may also be supported in the future.
Thanks Stefan.
Are there any particular laptop model you can recommend?
Regards,
Michael Zamot
