From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 7 10:11:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDE4516A4CE for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:11:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from will.iki.fi (will.iki.fi [217.169.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CB7143D60 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:11:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from will@exomi.com) Received: from acerf.exomi.com (fa-3-0-0.fw.exomi.com [217.169.64.99]) by will.iki.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93C531E; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:11:33 +0200 (EET) From: Ville-Pertti Keinonen To: "Michael W. Oliver" In-Reply-To: <20041206164250.GC28404@gargantuan.com> References: <20041206164250.GC28404@gargantuan.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:11:14 +0200 Message-Id: <1102414274.671.33.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 laptop recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 10:11:35 -0000 On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 11:42 -0500, Michael W. Oliver wrote: > Good morning folks! > > I am in the market for an AMD64-based laptop, and am currently leaning > toward the Acer Ferrari 3400, but would like to borrow a few minutes of > your time to ask for suggestions on something better. The Ferrari 3400 is probably a decent choice. I have a Ferrari 3200 myself, which is mostly the same except for the slower processor, and it works well with FreeBSD. I've been using it for almost 6 months now. FreeBSD/amd64 works well - X (except for 3D accel.), built-in ethernet, audio, bluetooth, even the built-in card reader. Under FreeBSD/i386, the builtin wireless interface also works (with if_ndis). There are some cons, though - the viewing angle isn't particularly good, colors are bluish, and battery life is non-existent (it should be improved for the 3400 according to specs, though). The design and build quality are ok for a PC laptop, but compared to my previous laptop (a PowerBook), it seems big, ugly and cheap. I mainly bought it for the amd64 processor and the decent screen resolution. > o CPU - AMD64 3200+ (2.0 Ghz) The specs on Acer's web page claim Mobile AMD64 3000+ (that could be 2GHz, though, depending on the cache size).