From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 18:35:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D0DB16A4CE for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:35:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhost.tao.org.uk (transwarp.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 183D143D4C for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:35:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@tao.org.uk) Received: from genius.tao.org.uk (genius.pact.cpes.susx.ac.uk [139.184.130.240]) by mailhost.tao.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 642447523 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:35:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: by genius.tao.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 100) id 49626406F; Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:35:10 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:35:10 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser To: current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041208183510.GM1291@genius.pact.cpes.susx.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Josef Karthauser , current@freebsd.org References: <20040927193236.GA39950@laptoxa.toxa.lan> <20041001105544.GG840@genius.tao.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3xQkynibq3FKlJyM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041001105544.GG840@genius.tao.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: Sony VGN-A 197XP? (Re: Laptop recommendations?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:35:12 -0000 --3xQkynibq3FKlJyM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 11:55:44AM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > Because I'm a mug, and that they look nice, I'm considering a new Vaio. > The model that has me wetting myself in anticipation is that VGN-A > 197XP, which has a 1.8GHz centrino with a 2mb cache, a 17" 1920x1200 > screen and an 80gb harddrive. It's lovely. >=20 > The big question is how well does FreeBSD run on it? I absolutely need > to have suspend/resume support as it only has a single battery with a > life of around 2.5 hours (no second battery slot :(). >=20 > Has anyone tried FreeBSD on anything like this? What's the chances that > the wireless 802.11g and bluetooth will work? A followup. My girlfriend went to the US recently and brought me back the american version of this one the VGN-A290. It's lovely and under 5.3 the power management works wonderfully :) Thanks ACPI guys. Joe. ps. it's not quite the same spec as the VGN-A 297, missing the blue tooth basically :(. Still it's pretty nice though :). --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --3xQkynibq3FKlJyM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkG3SV0ACgkQXVIcjOaxUBa+DQCggDuJJbLAGHs8x3Va8KByCv7x ANIAoJD8zcRQtmHmhkV9cp/vHlE/ByXm =Ph4r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3xQkynibq3FKlJyM--