From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jan 11 06:50:56 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA11520 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 06:50:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from atena.eurocontrol.fr (atena.uneec.eurocontrol.fr [147.196.69.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA11512 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 06:50:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@eurocontrol.fr) Received: from caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr (caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr [147.196.30.193]) by atena.eurocontrol.fr (8.9.1/8.9.1/atena-1.1/nospam) with ESMTP id PAA31580 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:50:13 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from roberto@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr) Received: by caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr (Postfix, from userid 1193) id 21949116; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:50:13 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:50:13 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: VAIO 505F vs Toshiba 3015CT Message-ID: <19990111155013.O49737@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm planning to buy either a Sony VAIO 505F or a Toshiba 3010/3015CT (or a subnotebook with equivalent performances/size/weight, if you have suggestions please do). Has anyone opinion about either of these ? I've seen people using the 505G model in the laptop survey from PAO so I guess the 505F would work. I think some of the KAME people have VAIO notebooks too. My questions are pretty basic: - do I need PAO or is CURRENT enough ? - does the hibernation feature work (saving mem on disk) ? - what are the pros/cons of each brand ? - what are differences between the 3010 and 3015CT (WWW site is not very informative) ? - what are the differences between 505F & 505G (the Sony site is not that precise either) ? - what are the different prices around ? - can I install without a CD-ROM (by FTP/NFS) ? - what about Cardbus / PCMCIA support in FreeBSD ? Sony lists the 505F at around 1700US$ and Toshiba the 3015CT at 1800US$. The Sony 505G seem to be more expensive (why?). I'm not really interested in having a PII CPU, I think a regular pentium is enough for me but I want at least 4 GB/64 MB. Please Cc: me any answers as this address is not subscribed to the list. Thanks. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TS -=- Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr The Postman hits! The Postman hits! You have new mail. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message