From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jan 11 08:13:58 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA24147 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:13:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from basil.stthom.edu ([209.184.165.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA24142 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:13:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcjoseph@wt.net) Received: from wt.net (b737.coair.COM [208.229.128.20]) by basil.stthom.edu (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id IAA08746; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:16:21 -0800 Message-ID: <369A2371.19BE5152@wt.net> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:14:41 -0600 From: Jimbo X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ollivier Robert , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VAIO 505F vs Toshiba 3015CT References: <19990111155013.O49737@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have a sony notebook. It has worked great. i use XFree86 3.3.3 and the neomagic support suffices. > > - do I need PAO or is CURRENT enough ? Use -stable(2.2.8) the scsi card that Sony uses is an adaptec one which isn't supported in -current yet. > - does the hibernation feature work (saving mem on disk) ? I haven't tried that. > - what are the differences between 505F & 505G (the Sony site is not that > precise either) ? I don't know-maybe a marketing thing, got to have something new for people to buy. > - what are the different prices around ? Vaiodirect has the 505F listed for $1699. > - can I install without a CD-ROM (by FTP/NFS) ? I installed the base operating system via the built in modem (left it on all night) and installed the rest via the PCMCIA network card that I had. > - what about Cardbus / PCMCIA support in FreeBSD ? Compile the laptop kernel, and add sound support. I was able to use my Linksys ethernet card afterwards > Sony lists the 505F at around 1700US$ and Toshiba the 3015CT at > 1800US$. The Sony 505G seem to be more expensive (why?). It looks cool :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message