From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 15:24:33 2010 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 A78761065678 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:24:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tad1214@aol.com) Received: from imr-ma04.mx.aol.com (imr-4.mx.aol.com [64.12.206.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 214258FC24 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:24:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mtaout-ma01.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-ma01.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.1]) by imr-ma04.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o74FOCG8001230; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:24:12 -0400 Received: from [10.0.2.21] (75-148-250-1-Houston.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [75.148.250.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-ma01.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 8F903E000093; Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:24:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4C598614.5090401@aol.com> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:24:04 -0500 From: Thomas Donnelly User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20100804132800.298731CC3A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20100804132800.298731CC3A@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:470553920:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d29014c59861b5d19 X-AOL-IP: 75.148.250.1 Cc: Mubeesh ali , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: free bsd on laptops 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, 04 Aug 2010 15:24:33 -0000 Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 17:29:05 +0530 >> From: Mubeesh ali >> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org >> >> Hi , >> >> Thanks david for your detailed reply. >> >> I hope these would work in a bsd laptop: >> >> >> ATI or NVIDIA graphics card >> > ATI is open source friendly. NVIDIA is not. Still, both generally work. > I must be missing something because to my knowledge FreeBSD does not have any 3D support for any modern ATi card while nVidia has 32 and 64 bit drivers that work very well for full 3D acceleration (needed for things like compiz). I am running 8-Stable amd64 with a GTX 260 in my desktop at work and it runs very fast. I would extremely highly recommend nVidia over ATi if you are going to be using FreeBSD. My Inspiron XPS has an ATi Mobility Radeon 9800 and not only does it not have 3D support, it also frequently hard locks when running the ATi driver. This laptop works fine with any other OS. Also, Intel Integrated works well and is a decent choice if you don't need lots of horsepower. > >> hibernate or suspend functionality >> > Very platform and BIOS sensitive. It is hit and miss. > > >> touchpad >> > Never seen much of problem. Full "Synaptics" support. Just works. > > >> built in wireless card mostly Intel dot11 N wireless cards >> datacard ;make qualcomm (bsnl evdo mmx 300 ) >> The best laptop I have seen for support is the one from iXSystems, which is designed for FreeBSD and comes pre installed with PC-BSD. http://www.ixsystems.com/ix/services/home-and-office/ix-invincibook Otherwise I would look into the Dell Precision Series laptops or the older XPS's that have nVidia cards (XPS M1330, 1530, 1710, etc) -=Tom