From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 22:02:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D602610656EB for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:02:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC6F18FC1A for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:02:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from max.local (rrcs-74-218-226-253.se.biz.rr.com [74.218.226.253]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m6PM23JP058251; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:02:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) From: John Nielsen To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, frank@exit.com Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:02:23 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> X-Face: #X5#Y*q>F:]zT!DegL3z5Xo'^MN[$8k\[4^3rN~wm=s=Uw(sW}R?3b^*f1Wu*.<=?utf-8?q?of=5F4NrS=0A=09P*M/9CpxDo!D6?=)IY1w<9B1jB; tBQf[RU-R<,I)e"$q7N7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807251802.23984.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:02:10 -0000 On Thursday 24 July 2008, Frank Mayhar wrote: > My old Dell Inspiron 5160 has developed problems that I can't fix, sigh, > so it's time to replace it. I'm hoping for some good suggestions from > this list (cc'd to hackers for the exposure, I know everyone doesn't > read -mobile). I haven't played with one hands-on, but the laptop I was going to buy until $work supplied a different one was a Fujitsu Lifebook E8410. It has a few customization options if you get it from Fujitsu directly. Among these are Intel graphics and Atheros wireless, 2 of the main things I was looking for for good FreeBSD hw support. > My criteria: > * 3D acceleration. check ought to work w/ intel(4x) driver on i386 or amd64 > * MiniPCI wireless (don't care which card, I'll replace it > anyway). AFAIK. I was planning to select the Atheros option and leave it.. > * At least 15" screen. 15.4 Wide with WSXGA+ option > * Decent power consumption. Unknown, but available 8-cell main and 6-cell modular batteries. > * Plays well with FreeBSD 7-stable. AFAIK. > Nice to have: > * Dual core. check. > * >4GB memory. =4GB avail. (can you get more on a laptop yet?) > * Working suspend/hibernate mode (and no, I'm not holding my > breath). unknown. has any progress been made WRT suspend/resume + SMP on FreeBSD in general? > > So, suggestions? BTW, if I get a decent response I'll summarize it for > the list, along with the one I chose and my experience after > ordering/installing it. Best of luck and do post your experiences. JN