Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:11:14 +0200 From: Ville-Pertti Keinonen <will@exomi.com> To: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 laptop recommendations Message-ID: <1102414274.671.33.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20041206164250.GC28404@gargantuan.com> References: <20041206164250.GC28404@gargantuan.com>
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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).
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