Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:40:42 -0700 From: Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? Message-ID: <4158347A.2010200@pythonemproject.com> In-Reply-To: <200409272341.53423.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20040927111438.GA865@genius.tao.org.uk> <200409272341.53423.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:44, Josef Karthauser wrote: > >>My Dell Inspiron 5000e is getting a bit long in the tooth, and the >>keyboard has just packed in :( so I'm in the market for a new laptop. >>Does anyone have any recommendations for me? In particular I want a >>working ACPI/suspend interface and this Dell has never been supported >>well - fans on all the time, doesn't resume properly, etc. >> >>My previous machine was a Sony Vaio which I loved, but was fairly >>expensive and the repair support wasn't very good. Dell's support was >>much better and I'd prefer a Dell I think, but I don't know whether more >>recent models fair better with power management support, etc. >> >>Any helpful hints would be gladly received. > > > I have an Inspiron 8600 which is pretty nice. > Loads of stuff in it, but kind of heavy if that bothers you. > > I use ndis for the Intel wireless, and the nvidia binary drivers for the video > card (although the new ones don't work yet..) > > The 1920x1200 screen is really nice :) > > Here is a page on it.. > http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/I8600/ > > Note that it won't do better than S1 suspending (hangs or reboots) > See my other post on my Dell 8600. I have found that the LinkSys G router when combined with Netgear pc cards works nice. Don't bother buying the LinkSys pc cards. I have found them lacking sensitivity, and on windoze the setup util was unstable. Rob.
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