From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 11 20:45:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3910D16A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:45:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C963C43D39 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:45:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nohuman@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so114626wra for ; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:45:10 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=o57udATQ8Ah1qBEUvezbvfIihaMxbRruvkdnDPc3IX50CDjE0fSQcUPShc/xtVjatnC7iEFx34ZYgvFEwLh+WNveiH7t8QgkRrl2uxuKBNYqH59Qqkydmq3XQEAFVa+M4BSVBx59+80+fIk0Zo41oIuOUPxa8/ZuyPMhBjzN71Y= Received: by 10.54.18.78 with SMTP id 78mr225258wrr; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:45:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.31.67 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:45:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5e51d2fd041111124569545def@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:45:10 +0100 From: Thomas Beer To: David Wolfskill In-Reply-To: <200411111737.iABHbpFp014244@bunrab.catwhisker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200411111737.iABHbpFp014244@bunrab.catwhisker.org> cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suitability of Sony VAIO laptop for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Thomas Beer List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 20:45:11 -0000 I ran 4.x for years on a Vaio PCG-Z600NE serving me well. Ok, audio had a bypass after two years, but that was the only problem. Sony customer service was correct & fast. However, I now switched to IBM. Cheers Tom On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:37:51 -0800 (PST), David Wolfskill wrote: > Last Saturday, my laptop (a Dell Inspiron 5000e) apparently stopped > working for the last time. (Ugly mode of failure -- won't stay powered > up (even via AC adaptor) to complete a boot sequence; usually doesn't > even get as far as illuminating the screen. I suspect either thermal > stress on the CPU, a crack in teh system board, or bad RAM -- and I > tried swapping the RAM, to no avail.) > > I see that Fry's is advertising a Sony VAIO with the following > characteristics (none of which is a model ID, of course) for $1100: > > * 2.8 GHz P4 CPU > * 15.4" WXGA screen ("TFT With XBRITE Technology") > * 512 MB DDR SDRAM > * 60 GB disk > * CD/RW/DVD-ROM combo drive > * Integrated 802.11g > * 10/100 NIC & v.90 MODEM > * ILink (1394) & Memory stick slot > * Some M$ "software" that I fully intend to ignore > > I suspect that it also has a plausibly reasonable audio component, > though that isn't critical for my primary intended uses. The > illustration that accompanies the ad shows a "touchpad"-type pointing > device, which should serve OK for me. > > I do tend to do a lot of "make buildworld" (and friends) type things on > a laptop; that may have contributed to the demise of the i5ke mentioned > above. > > One of the "scarce resources" that I tend to value in a laptop is screen > "real estate" -- my eyes work reasonably well, and I prefer > higher-resolution screens. The 1400x1050 of the i5ke was OK, but a > little cramped. > > I would expect that with a 2.8 GHz P4, it would suck a battery "dry" > rather quickly; this would be a rather negative attribute. The ad > didn't indicate the number or nominal run-time for batteries. > > Any warnings as far as running FreeBSD 4.x or 5.x (or 6) on such a > beast? > > Thanks! > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > I resent spammers because spam is a DoS attack on my time. > > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for public key. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >