From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 16 10:08:17 2004 Return-Path: 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 7100416A4CE for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 10:08:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moutvdomng.kundenserver.de (moutvdom.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7134C43D2F for ; Sun, 16 May 2004 10:08:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from haig@sylac.de) Received: from [212.227.126.221] (helo=mrvdomng.kundenserver.de) by moutvdomng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BPP5Z-0005VD-00; Sun, 16 May 2004 19:06:13 +0200 Received: from [200.106.47.176] (helo=hallu.sylac.net) by mrvdomng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BPP5Z-0005J8-00; Sun, 16 May 2004 19:06:13 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.5 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <40A6F099.3060502@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 12:07:07 -0500 (PET) From: hans To: Thomas Lippert cc: Jonathon McKitrick cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Sony or Dell? Or stick with Toshiba? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: haig@sylac.de List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 17:08:17 -0000 hi try samsung X05 1400 series.. works flawlessly with FBSDCurrent, you'll get the built in intel (centrino chip) wlan to work with ndis, pcmcia is fine. cardbus trouble solved, too. the description about this machine on http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops is outdated. works fine now. hans On 16-May-2004 Thomas Lippert wrote: > On Sat May 15 21:25:15 2004 Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've been happily running FreeBSD on a P2-266 Toshiba for several years now. >> I'm thinking of upgrading by getting something on ebay. >> >> I love the look and lightness of Sony Vaios, but I'd like to make sure which >> models are best for FreeBSD. If none, I'd consider a Dell. Or, am I better >> off with Toshiba, which has been known to be 'other OS friendly'? > I am using the vaio grx-560 not very light, but everything that i want > to use is working. things i haven't tried are the on board modem, and > memory card slot. acpi seems fine, sound is working well (much better > than it was on Linux) cardbus is functioning. Though if you are looking > for something to lug around this laptop is really more of a desktop ;-) > If you haven't already check out > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ between those three brands > there seem to be upwards of fifty represented. >> >> >> jm > > -Thomas > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ---------------------------------- E-Mail: hans Date: 16-May-2004 Time: 11:55:21 ----------------------------------