From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 18:10:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DEB116A40A for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:10:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from farris.bafirst.com (adsl-065-081-102-002.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [65.81.102.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E6C913C48C for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from HOME.encontacto.net ([189.129.2.135]) by farris.bafirst.com with esmtp; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:10:07 -0500 id 0006D449.462F9980.00017D70 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by HOME.encontacto.net with local; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:09:54 -0500 id 0004AC27.462F9972.0000B905 Received: from dsl-189-129-2-135.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-129-2-135.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.129.2.135]) by intranet.encontacto.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:09:54 -0500 Message-ID: <20070425130954.cs3k1itfwog4kkk0@intranet.encontacto.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:09:54 -0500 From: eculp@encontacto.net To: Vulpes Velox References: <20070425115307.svl8npkpsg8kg4o4@intranet.encontacto.net> <20070425130437.4ff9e172@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <20070425130437.4ff9e172@vixen42> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.2-cvs) X-Originating-IP: 189.129.2.135 Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone had bad experiences with a Dell Precision M65 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:10:14 -0000 Quoting Vulpes Velox : > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:53:07 -0500 > eculp@encontacto.net wrote: > >> I am seriously considering one, more than anything else for the >> 15.4 inch screen with a resolution of 1920 X 1200, assuming that I >> can get that out of XOrg. I want the resolution but don't want a >> monster laptop. Apart from that the price seems ok with 2G of >> memory, and a Intel=AE 3945 802.11a/g Dual-band Mini-Card (DW1390) >> that should work someday ;) I assume that the bluetooth will >> probably work and if not, no big deal. >> >> Thanks in advance for any information or suggestions, > > From my experience getting that resolution out of Xorg will not be a > issue at all. My suggestion is to go with a Nvidia chipset if you > want decent graphics support. The ATI ones that are common lack 3d > support. I am not sure how the generic Intel ones are for that, but > been less than impressed with them under windows from what I have > seen. > Thanks, Vulpes. Here I can't screw up dell doesn't give me an option =20 to change. It is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M 512MB Turbocache, OpenGL =20 (FX350M) which AFAICT is a 256M card and 256M can be shared from RAM. Thanks again, ed