Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:43:42 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: User Koren <koren@ns.juven.sk> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Latitude D600 Message-ID: <41F7C8BE.4020501@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200501261626.j0QGQW5t038446@ns.juven.sk> References: <200501261626.j0QGQW5t038446@ns.juven.sk>
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User Koren wrote: > Hi. > > I found comments on http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ about > Dell Latitude D600 notebook. I am in decision making which kind of > notebook should I buy right now and I would like to be sure that it is > working with FreeBSD RELENG_5. > > I need working the following features: > > - serial port - minicom, tip... Works perfectly. > - NIC Works perfectly. > - modem ; either internal or via PCMCIA (now I have xircom) Hmm - never tried internal, pcmcia should work. > - burning CD Works - so does DVD's. > - ACPI - CPU throttling, switching off when battery is short, > suspending (on the web page is mentioned, it is not working; is > there any progress? it would be a plus) CPU throttling works well (see estctrl in ports), and S1 suspend works, but S3 does not (yet). > - PCMCIA cards generally Work well. > - optionally: bluetooth, wireless My mini-pci internal Atheros card works flawlessly, and my USB bluetooth adapter also works very well. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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