From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 07:10:06 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68C43146 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 07:10:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.73.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30458829 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2015 07:10:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [204.210.114.114] ([204.210.114.114:31966] helo=localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com) by dnvrco-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id E5/55-32374-6C22FC45; Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:09:59 +0000 Received: by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 593125CA4; Sun, 1 Feb 2015 21:14:58 -1000 (HST) Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 21:14:58 -1000 From: parv To: Ian Smith Subject: Re: Buying a laptop - used Message-ID: <20150202071458.GA1591@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Ian Smith , arnab bhowmick , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20150131145130.GA3938@holstein.holy.cow> <20150201154129.J14378@sola.nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150201154129.J14378@sola.nimnet.asn.au> X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.130:25 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=C71nyG/+ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=lLOF/jpPrR0dcgWXP1EvZg==:117 a=lLOF/jpPrR0dcgWXP1EvZg==:17 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=Ymsr-CWnAAAA:8 a=0HtSIViG9nkA:10 a=HIOgQvyUAAAA:8 a=JqEG_dyiAAAA:8 a=0CpadfFfBY85AI4qXoUA:9 a=PXepkQCg9nkzfW5n:21 a=H5MhWSiLrqXq__Gh:21 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=KDrRK_fL9PsA:10 a=HqdXF6BxOZEA:10 a=o3uIH4sffOkA:10 a=NWVoK91CQyQA:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Cc: arnab bhowmick , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:10:06 -0000 in message <20150201154129.J14378@sola.nimnet.asn.au>, wrote Ian Smith thusly... > Hi Ian, > On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 04:51:30 -1000, Parv wrote: ... > > I am currently using a used Lenovo Thinkpad X200 with FreeBSD > > 8. I have not tried using or setting at all any suspend-resume > > setting. A 9-celll battery ([0], "47++", apparently bought new > > about 2-3 years ago along with the 'puter) lasts for 4.5 hours. > > I bought a used X200 a year ago without AC adaptor or battery, so > bought it a new 6-cell battery (47+) and 65W P/S (about AU$150). > Using powerd - but not p4tcc or acpi_throttle - it runs almost 6 > hours on battery just idling and over 4 hours with moderate use, Sweet, Ian! Which version of FreeBSD are you running? 8-STABLE is on my X200 for now; have been thinking (for a while) to update to 10-STABLE. > so your 9-cell battery may be getting a bit old, and/or you > haven't optimised power usage? No, I have not used any power related things in FreeBSD itself. I do have BIOS setup to maximum performance when connected to AC power; optimize battery otherwise. One thing I am not sure is what happens when booted up on battery & some time later connect to AC, and vice versa. In any case I will try powered, and possibly other things. > After a problem that affected many/most modern T and X series > Lenovos regarding losing external USB ports on resume was resolved > last year, suspend and resume work flawlesly; they're really nice > little machines. Good to hear. Would that be suspend-to-RAM? > Arnab may not wish to buy anything as old as an X200 (C.2008), Oh, I remembered later somebody was running FreeBSD 11 on Macbook Pro 2011 ... http://blog.foxkit.us/2015/01/freebsd-on-apple-macbook-pro-82-now.html?spref=tw > but could likely pick up an X210/220/230, or the larger > T410/420/430 models at a good price. Sure. (I am also looking for another one, this time much lighter than X200. Is Thinkpad X1 Carbon II any lighter, I wonder.) > Very latest models may still have some issues with video? Well, somebody had reported success|progress with Intel i915 on 11-CURRENT (and somebody else had working suspend-resume with "recent HEAD" on X230) ... https://twitter.com/etnapierala/status/561500382850215936 - parv --