Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:04:29 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Best Laptop Message-ID: <20040331160429.GA58940@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <20040331135633.67DC35D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <406A42DD.6090308@pacific.net.sg> <20040331135633.67DC35D07@ptavv.es.net>
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 05:56:31AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:02:37 +0800 > > From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > Hi, > > > > Nate Williams wrote: > > > > > (which I consider to be absolute junk), and numerous Toshibas. > > > Note, the Toshiba's were nice, but weren't nearly as usable as the > > > Thinkpads. > > > > Toshibas are only usable when they are Tecras or Porteges. I would > > not recommend the others. > > Before going with a Toshiba, be sure to try the keyboard. I know > of several people who have ditched Tecra's and I rejected them > because of the keyboards. They often require special X hacks to avoid > double-striking due to the excessive bouncing. I never had that problem with my Satellite. The only keyboard issue I had was the up arrow would get stuck occasionally. My new Compaq Presario keyboard sometimes seems to need the key to be pressed harder than I think necessary to actually generate a keypress event. I do have a double bounce problem with the mouse buttons on this %&# !@$% touchpad. I want my trackpoint back. And for the original poster. The Compaq seems pretty solidly built; Better than a friend's two year old Dell Inspiron (2800?) I had to clean viruses and spyware off last week. My model Compaq probably doesn't qualify as the perfect FreeBSD laptop because it is low end and only has a 1024x768 screen. The ACPI ASL has problems which prevent the acpi_video module from working and the last time I tried to suspend (S3), it didn't wake up. There have been a few imports of acpi code since then that I haven't had a chance to try out. For the price, I think it makes a decent FreeBSD workstation without a lot of effort being required. Yeah, I was shocked too. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org http://www.lambertfam.org/~lambert/resume.html
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