Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:54:20 -0800 (PST) From: Anthony Jenkins <scoobi_doo@yahoo.com> To: Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best $1000 Freebsd laptop? Message-ID: <1320774860.10580.YahooMailNeo@web39302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <CAMVJ978_DSV-_p7Rd%2BmJfTjw_Jed%2BXzRPQo_yUTUZvDt5%2BkMuA@mail.gmail.com>
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----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com>=0A> T= o: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org=0A> Cc: =0A> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 = 8:20 AM=0A> Subject: Best $1000 Freebsd laptop?=0A> =0A> I bought a laptop = that has an unsupported video card, so now it is my=0A> "windows laptop".= =A0 I am thinking of getting another to be my =0A> "freebsd=0A> laptop", so= I want to make sure it really works with FreebSD.=A0 I could=0A> probably = spend <$1000 (USD) on one.=A0 I like the look of the Lenovos=0A> but I am u= nfamiliar with all the different models, and have never=0A> bought anything= from their webstore.=A0 I normally buy from Dell or=0A> Amazon, and I neve= r buy used or refurbished (unless its a car!).=0A> =0A> My main requirement= s are having long battery life, opengl graphics,=0A> vtx suppoort (virtuali= zation).=A0 A decent drive (500+GB) and ram (6GB+)=0A> would be nice.=A0 I = can't believe ZFS needs 6GB+ ram, and I am not sure=0A> I would want to get= a lot of ram, just so I could use ZFS.=A0 On the=0A> other hand, I read th= at UFS is getting old.=A0 I would rather use RAM=0A> for running virtual ma= chines.=0A> =0A> I'm scared to death of getting another machine that has an= unsupported=0A> video card (like nvidia optimus), or no VTX.=A0 I want a l= ong lasting=0A> machine that I can travel with, take to work, and not be li= mited by.=0A> My windows laptop is an i3 with VTX, and is a little under-po= wered, so=0A> I am thinking of an i5+.=A0 I don't do a lot of number-crunch= ing, but I=0A> don't want it to be slow, either.=0A> =0A> Any suggestions?= =0A=0AI'm running a fairly old =0A9.0-CURRENT (9.0-CURRENT #7: Wed Aug 17 0= 9:34:34 EDT 2011) on a cheap =0AAcer Aspire 5552-7803 (~$400 USD) with an A= MD Phenom II X4 CPU & the max 8GB RAM installed.=A0 On-board Atheros wi-fi = and suspend/resume work =0Afine, I run VirtualBox VMs and I believe acceler= ated X stuff works...=0A=0AWell maybe not - I'm running KDE4 =0Aand just tr= ied pulling up OpenGL info dialog which crashed my X session.=A0 Other =0Am= inor problems are the box seems to become less stable the more times I =0As= uspend/resume without an intervening reboot, but I consider that a =0Aminor= annoyance.=A0 I also added code to /etc/rc.resume to restart the wireless = network because the suggested 'wpa_cli reassociate' was hit-or-miss.=A0 I h= aven't done any ZFS tuning to limit the amount of =0Amemory ZFS uses, might= do that soon.=A0 I have a ZFS-on-root system.=0A=0AAnthony Jenkins
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