Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:29:50 -0500 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 laptop recommendations Message-ID: <20041208222950.GB21601@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <20041206164250.GC28404@gargantuan.com> References: <20041206164250.GC28404@gargantuan.com>
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--5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004-12-06T11:42:50-0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > I am in the market for an AMD64-based laptop, and am currently leaning > toward the Acer Ferrari 3400, but would like to borrow a few minutes of > your time to ask for suggestions on something better. OK, following up to myself here, and to supplement the below information on the Ferrari with what I found on another site, once again to get your input/advice before buying. I found a new machine at abscomputer.com called the 'Mayhem G3', which has a few notable differences from the Acer Ferrari 3400, such as: > o CPU - AMD64 3200+ (2.0 Ghz) This is actually a AMD64 3000+ (2.0GHz) CPU, with 512k L2 cache, on the Ferrari. On the Mayhem, I have the option of a AMD64 3700+ CPU (2.4 GHz) with 1MB L2 cache. > o LAN - Broadcom BCM5788M The Mayhem has a RTL8201CL, which doesn't look to be supported by either the re(4) or rl(4) drivers :( > o Wireless - Broadcom BCM4306KFB (mini-PCI, maybe replaceable with > atheros-based a/b/g card????) The Mayhem comes with an Engenius-branded Atheros card, 802.11 b/g, model NI-3054MP (Aries2). The Mini-PCI card actually has the model number "NL-5354MP+ARIES2(F)-1.00" on it. Noting Sam's posts to current@ today about the updated ath hal and such, this is tempting. > o bluetooth / modem - CSR BC212615BEN-E4 (agere scorpio) no integrated bluetooth on the Mayhem :-/ > o Via K8T800 chipset, Via VT8235CE SiS 755 + SiS SB 963L on the Mayhem. Ho hum, don't know enough about either to care one way or the other. > o Phoenix BIOS (hoping for hw.acpi.s4bios=3D1) Nobody could tell me about the BIOS of the Mayhem. Both laptops have the ATI Radeon 9700 w/128MB. The Ferrari comes with 512MB DRAM, while the Mayhem comes with 1GB. The Ferrari has 4 USB ports, while the Mayhem has 3. With the above noted options for the Mayhem, the price is within a few dollars of the Ferrari, so price is only significant in that I will get (mostly) more for my money from an off-brand manufacturer. If you have an opinion, I would very much like to hear it. Indecision sucks. Thanks. --=20 Michael W. Oliver [see complete headers for contact information] --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBt4BesWv7q8X6o8kRAsrYAJ93/5A0OEFgTSkmyA9UXy1zGNwqZgCgnHPZ 0XrAsGWVUgmhSXweXL1MD28= =BoPS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa--
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