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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:21:09 -0700
From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org>
To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Sony Vaio Superslim R505*
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 at 10:26:34 -0500, Will Andrews wrote:
> Does anyone have something from this particular laptop series?  I
> am considering getting one to replace my aging (and heavy) Dell
> Inspiron 7000.  But I have a few questions..

I have an R505TE.

> 1) Does X4.1.0 work OK in 1024x768 on this?

Yes.

> 2) Does the builtin 10/100 work?

Yes (fxp0).

> 3) Is it a good overall laptop for someone who wants to carry it
>    around day to day?

Yes.

> 4) Any problems using -CURRENT on it?  :)

No idea.  I've been considering putting -CURRENT on it for a while now,
but just haven't done it yet.

> 5) Any problems with the single type2 PCCard slot?

Nope.

- jim

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