From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 27 15:39:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 743BA16A4CE; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:39:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 557D743D41; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:39:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rob@pythonemproject.com) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (c-67-169-203-186.client.comcast.net[67.169.203.186]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004092715393101300lnukhe> (Authid: europax); Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:39:32 +0000 Message-ID: <4158347A.2010200@pythonemproject.com> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:40:42 -0700 From: Rob User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040816 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel O'Connor References: <20040927111438.GA865@genius.tao.org.uk> <200409272341.53423.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200409272341.53423.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Josef Karthauser cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:39:33 -0000 Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:44, Josef Karthauser wrote: > >>My Dell Inspiron 5000e is getting a bit long in the tooth, and the >>keyboard has just packed in :( so I'm in the market for a new laptop. >>Does anyone have any recommendations for me? In particular I want a >>working ACPI/suspend interface and this Dell has never been supported >>well - fans on all the time, doesn't resume properly, etc. >> >>My previous machine was a Sony Vaio which I loved, but was fairly >>expensive and the repair support wasn't very good. Dell's support was >>much better and I'd prefer a Dell I think, but I don't know whether more >>recent models fair better with power management support, etc. >> >>Any helpful hints would be gladly received. > > > I have an Inspiron 8600 which is pretty nice. > Loads of stuff in it, but kind of heavy if that bothers you. > > I use ndis for the Intel wireless, and the nvidia binary drivers for the video > card (although the new ones don't work yet..) > > The 1920x1200 screen is really nice :) > > Here is a page on it.. > http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/I8600/ > > Note that it won't do better than S1 suspending (hangs or reboots) > See my other post on my Dell 8600. I have found that the LinkSys G router when combined with Netgear pc cards works nice. Don't bother buying the LinkSys pc cards. I have found them lacking sensitivity, and on windoze the setup util was unstable. Rob.