Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:41:47 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IdeaPad Y580 Laptop - 59359513 - Dawn Gray Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=Kaj55jbrafzjkFv4qGXZEFNuec705ZfXWis202JHrrA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1ukRNZhisrwLMAnzmia0U_rkqzbs2oP_srwU1fFENEE0Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxg=_v8%2BqStd0vD-eyLOFZNSSV91F6PVW2rUH3uPT=DpojA@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1ukRNZhisrwLMAnzmia0U_rkqzbs2oP_srwU1fFENEE0Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2 December 2012 01:28, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: >> Does anyone have any comments on the following: >> >> - is it a good FreeBSD development laptop? >> - is wireless supported by FreeBSD? >> - what about graphics / X ? >> - suspend/resume? >> >> I'm looking to buy this in the next day or two so quick replies apprecia= ted. :) >> >> IdeaPad Y580 Laptop - 59359513 - Dawn Gray >> Part number: 59359513 >> >> =E2=80=A2 3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 6MB) >> =E2=80=A2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX660M 2GB >> =E2=80=A2 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz >> =E2=80=A2 15.6" FHD LED Glare Wedge 1920x1080 >> =E2=80=A2 Industry Standard Multi-touch 2 button touchpad >> =E2=80=A2 1TB 5400 rpm >> =E2=80=A2 Blu-ray/DVD-RW >> =E2=80=A2 6 Cell Li-Polymer >> =E2=80=A2 Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200BGN >> =E2=80=A2 Bluetooth Version 4.0 >> =E2=80=A2 Integrated HD Camera >> =E2=80=A2 HDMI (Out) > > Is that CPU and IvyBridge? If so, thee have been some report of X issues. > > The NVidia is useless at this time. They only provide support for > Windows and have officially stated that there will be no support for > Linux or anything other than Windows, though some folks are working on > support. http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd-x86-295.59-driver.html claims support for GeForce GTX 660M ? Should I still expect problems? --=20 Eitan Adler
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