Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:57:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Samsung X20-XVM 1600-V Message-ID: <200507071157.j67BvInp068222@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Hi, I'm currently considering to buy the following notebook: Samsung X20-XVM 1600-V (Centrino, Pentium-M 730, 1 Gbyte DDR2 RAM, 80 Gbyte HDD, 1400 x 1050 intel 915 graphics, 10/100 LAN, b/g WLAN, DVD+/-R/W/RAM, USB2, IEEE1394 and all the standard stuff; no legacy ports (serial, parallel), though.) At 1199 Euros this seems to be very reasonably priced. Does anyone have any FreeBSD-related experience with that notebook (or similar ones)? I've looked at the infos at http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ and searched the mailing lists but didn't find any information about the Samsung X20 series. I'll have the opportunity to (shortly) test the notebook and boot a FreeBSD 5.4 DVD and a PCBSD CD-ROM. However, that might not be sufficient. For example, some investi- gations revealed that it might be necessary to use the tool from http://people.tecnik93.com/~acpi_perf/ to enable the native resolution of the display under X, but I have no idea whether it will work. Also, I won't have enough time to fully test ACPI, suspend, audio, WLAN etc. I'm aware that the built-in 56k/V.92 modem won't work, neither the TV-out, but I don't need those. Also, I don't need 3D graphics acceleration. If the graphics works at 1400 x 1050 in 2D VESA mode, that's enough for me. I'd appreciate any advice on this machine. Any comments are welcome, either "works great, buy it!" or "there are problems, don't buy it". :-) Best regards Oliver PS: _If_ I buy it, then I'll submit a detailed entry to http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ of course. PPS: I read the list, so there's no need to Cc me. -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Documentation is like sex; when it's good, it's very, very good, and when it's bad, it's better than nothing." -- Dick Brandon
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