Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:02:16 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: User Koren <koren@ns.juven.sk> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Latitude D600 Message-ID: <20050127050216.GA1992@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <200501261626.j0QGQW5t038446@ns.juven.sk> References: <200501261626.j0QGQW5t038446@ns.juven.sk>
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in message <200501261626.j0QGQW5t038446@ns.juven.sk>, wrote User Koren thusly... > > 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... > - NIC > - modem ; either internal or via PCMCIA (now I have xircom) > - burning CD > - 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) > - PCMCIA cards generally > - optionally: bluetooth, wireless I am currently using IBM ThinkPad T42 2373-5TU w/ RELENG_5.3 which has all the above listed things other than bluetoosh support. I have not tried the wireless connectivity via the Intel Pro/2200BG network interface. Let me mention that ACPI does work wrt CPU throttling, suspend/resume, and power off. Use of apm to suspend the computer results in machine lock, thus hard power recycle/off. - Parv --
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