From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 27 21:53:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95F3C16A4DF for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE5FD43D6D for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 33249 invoked by uid 89); 27 Jul 2006 21:53:23 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 33241, pid: 33243, t: 4.1886s scanners: attach: 1.1.0 clamav: 0.88/m:38/d:1474 spam: 3.0.4 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.10?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.80.68.50) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 27 Jul 2006 21:53:19 -0000 Message-ID: <44C935C9.2080307@ultra-secure.de> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:53:13 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060515) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christopher Hilton References: <20060727161919.3D47945042@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on bsd.ultra-secure.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.4 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Notebook recommendations 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: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:53:27 -0000 Christopher Hilton wrote: > Thanks for the advice. In this case I'm trying to replace my Gateway > 450ROG. That had a 1.4 GHz Pentium M and (a 4.5 hour battery life) as > well as an ipw driven 802.11b card. Everything worked pretty well but > I hated the build quality of the machine. > > If the new intel wifi chip isn't supported that's not too bad. I would > have bought an atheros based card anyhow because that's the only thing > I can get to work reliably with kismet. I really should have said that > a real serial port is a requirement. I forgot that I don't want to buy > a usb GPS when my Garmin 12XL works just fine. Fujitsu-Siemens' latest Lifebooks E (8110 & 8210) still carry serial and parallel ports. To match your old Gateway, a Lifebook E8010 would also work, which should be available via ebay a bit cheaper. ACPI S3+S4 do not work with my E8010, either, though, so the chances that it works with newer models is slim, at best. But the build-quality of the Lifebooks is very good. IMO, they are borderline to a toughbook (minus water-resistance, of course). And as I said: ACPI is a a big, commen problem with current notebooks, even when you use e.g. SuSE: everything bar XP is going to give major problems in the ACPI-department (at least). And even using XP could force you through the odd BIOS-update cycle (or two) until everything works. cheers, Rainer