From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 02:07:16 2008 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 4F2DC106567B; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:07:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from knowtree@aloha.com) Received: from relay.pixi.com (relay.pixi.com [206.127.224.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE4248FC18; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:07:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from knowtree@aloha.com) Received: from yoda.pixi.com (yoda.pixi.com [206.127.224.41]) by relay.pixi.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m6U0vnUe025806; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:57:49 -1000 (HST) Received: from webmail.pixi.com (yoda.pixi.com [206.127.224.120] (may be forged)) by yoda.pixi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id m6U0vmNU012058; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:57:48 -1000 Message-Id: <200807300057.m6U0vmNU012058@yoda.pixi.com> To: Matt Olander , Jeremy Messenger , freebsd-hackers , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: knowtree@aloha.com Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:57:48 HST X-Posting-IP: 141.190.32.71 X-Mailer: Endymion MailMan Standard Edition v3.2.19 Cc: Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? 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: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:07:16 -0000 > On Jul 25, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:34:32 -0500, Frank Mayhar > > wrote: > > > >> My old Dell Inspiron 5160 has developed problems that I can't fix, > >> sigh, .. > > > > Maybe you can wait for this: > > > > http://www.ixsystems.com/products/bsd-laptop.html > > Hi everyone! I actually had our prototype of this laptop up at the > OSCON show in Portland and it was pretty well received. > Everything works for the most part although we're still tweaking some > things for ACPI. > > I'll have one at the FreeBSD booth at LinuxWorld in San Francisco next > week, August 5-7. We'll announce as soon as this thing is 100% and > we're comfortable bringing the product line up as an item that we're > comfortable supporting long term. Most likely, available to the > general public in September. Matt - I may have just found my next laptop. A few questions: 1. Case size? 2. Weight? (It sounds heavy.) 3. Built-in camera? Specs? 4. Why FreeBSD 6.x and not 7.x? 5. Built-in modem not a winmodem? 6. Suspend will work, reliably, including networking? Please put me on your mailing list, assuming you have one. Gary Dunn Honolulu Open Slate Project http://openslate.net/ 73 BMW E9 (3.0 CS) 2213583 (rust repair research project) http://e9erust.blogspot.com/