From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 13:46:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D37106564A for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:46:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD1E8FC13 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxg33 with SMTP id 33so4727549vxg.13 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:46:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=eJ0rE6EUP78jSBk78ZLyR2CkhnlVxc9ee2OBdwK8Ci0=; b=gkS9w/6TbYXO7Mi0sIvGQZLnir0SWsH1bn+BXDTQBO8vMmASHG/z7IjZiA4YpFWONF vLmSQ+X/SsKL/eqRWzSxTwOvcum+6kWZCakSg1YVLHxd7PHecaHi2qdsMmmqoCTO7cgI FxFIoITLJcJVJKabk/w1k9XoRxnA5nMP7Bl/E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HwQaGQ381lSBEQdMswcSkUeYZEjuGmxQyL/ndNazKo2sCcJ5fggz888JlIt2Sa38GL nUEhQUERld1YBtLDlAK7m74gdwJodY+OFy08nzClwE4cVsciYV5MaEqGmcy1DVk1ptlC lxNrFMSpIFKJ+x+l7Ed/9mm7hKAFDDJshCY/Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.181.168 with SMTP id dx8mr2783784vdc.172.1309180515883; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:15:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.108.4 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:15:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110625182502.GF29050@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20110625182502.GF29050@albert.catwhisker.org> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:15:15 +0100 Message-ID: From: Tom Evans To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Laptop 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: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:46:11 -0000 On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 7:25 PM, David Wolfskill wro= te: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 07:34:24PM +0200, Bastian Rieck wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> I need to replace my old IBM Thinkpad R50e, which is running FreeBSD >> 8.2. Currently, my favoured replacement is a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520. >> .... > > I rather like the laptop I've been using for the past several months: a > Dell Precision M4400. =C2=A0I track stable/8 & head (in different slices)= on > it daily; it normally takes about an hour to take care of both of those. > > And it has a 1920x1200 display -- as well as 2 sets of 3 mouse buttons > each (each of which works as expected). > > I have found that I sometimes manage to slide the "WiFi disable" switch > to an unwanted setting accidentally, and the power connection slips out > a little too easily, but those are about the worst things I can think of > with respect to the hardware. > +! for Dells. I'm using a Dell Latitude E6410, which I could configure with nvidia graphics (non 'Optimus'). The wireless is a Intel wireless 6000 class device, works fine under iwn(4), but I had a spare ath(4) mini PCI-e card which I've put in there too, for hostap goodness. Interestingly, it has both a mini pci-e and a half height mini pci-e, so I have both cards in there atm! I couldn't get suspend/resume to work, but I only tried closing the lid, opening it again and thinking "hmm, that doesnt work". The builtin webcam works fine with webcamd, and I've had it working in skype with few issues. Cheers Tom