Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:29:32 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: webmaster@wmptl.com, bwoods2@uswest.net, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <200011291829.eATITWJ23422@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:12:27 MST." <4.3.2.7.2.20001129110537.0498b6c0@localhost>
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> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:12:27 -0700 > From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > As I recall, the 600E's modem doesn't work with FreeBSD, and > power management doesn't work. Like every laptop I have ever used, the built-n modem is a Winmodem. But the problem is no worse with the 600E than with a Dell or Gateway with a built-in Winmodem. Power management works just fine on my 600E. The only real annoyance I have with the 600E is the sound. It seemingly randomly probes as pcm0 or pcm1. If it probes as pcm0, it works fine. If it probes as pcm1, it's dead. I hate computers with non-deterministic behavior! Other then that, I have always preferred ThinkPads because of the excellent keyboard (I'm very finicky about that), the TrackPoint (if I don't plug in an external mouse) and the 3-button "mouse". Fairly light, too. I started drooling over the new ThinkPads, but I won't touch them with a 10 foot pole as long as this problem persists. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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