Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:05:50 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: Bastian Rieck <bastian@tecroots.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? Message-ID: <20110626223926.B72504@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20110626083135.GA2432@tinyCurrent> References: <20110625182502.GF29050@albert.catwhisker.org> <20110625191708.GA1182@tiny> <20110626165210.P72504@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20110626083135.GA2432@tinyCurrent>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-137558017-1309097150=:72504 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:31:35 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Sunday, June 26, 2011 a las 05:36:27PM +1000, Ian Smith escribió: > > > On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:17:08 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > > > > I run a bunch of laptops/netbooks, all with some older 8-CURRENT or now > > > 9-CURRENT (head): > > > > > > Acer Aspire One D250 > > > Fujitsu Siemens Amilo M1437G > > > Asus EeePC 900 > > > Dell M4400 > > > > How well does suspend/resume work on these? An absolute must for me. > > I don't use suspend/resume, can't say anything about; Ok thanks. > > > the best way, if youd dealer allows it, would be to boot the laptop in > > > question with a recent Knoppix DVD to see in detail what is in the box > > > and then check the FreeBSD man(4) pages if it is supported; > > > > The PC-BSD 8.2 memstick might be a good option for that sort of testing. > > Unlike the FreeBSD memsticks it's a full DVD-sized image on a proper MBR > > slice, so you can write eg a verbose dmesg.boot and sysctl -a to another > > slice for later evaluation on an 8GB+ stick, from the fixit boot. > > Knoppix (a Linux derivate) works better to detect hardware; ofc you can > put it as well on an USB key; Indeed. An advantage of (also) booting FreeBSD is seeing how it does, though most laptops are probably going to need some tweaking or other. > > I suppose that's not a problem as long as it then behaves ok on battery. > > I've never much fancied Dells but with the demise of 'proper' IBM/Lenovo > > laptops, I'm trying to keep an open mind to others. How's that Fujitsu? > > It's outdated (from 2006) but works very well; Ta. The T23s are 2002 vintage and work very well, but sadly no longer so well on 8.x .. maybe I'll try a 9 snapshot before giving up on them. cheers, Ian --0-137558017-1309097150=:72504--
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