Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:51:18 +0100 From: "Sune Wettersteen" <forexs@lazy.dk> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Laptop choices Message-ID: <20051123235121.C9A675EE033@pfepb.post.tele.dk>
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#Subject: Laptop choices #Am currently trying to choose between a couple of laptops, the luck #winner of which will have Freebsd loaded alongside WinXP. #Dell Latitude d600 with Radeon 9000? video, intel pro wireless #or #IBM R51 - Intel Extreme2, intel pro wireless. #The main differences will likely be the video and maybe bios, acpi...? #Can someone suggest to me whether these are both safe choices? I am myself using a Dell 500m with an Intel Extreme Graphics 2 and a Intel Pro Wireless. It works fine, although you should know that there is no DRM/DRI support for the i915 chipset (which the extreme graphics 2 uses), so I'd go with the radeon card if DRM/DRI matters to you. ACPI works fine, but I'm having problems with it registering when I open/close the lid. But I'm sure both laptops would work fine, just note the i915 support problem. Also, note down to yourself that you need to load/compile the ipw kernel module for Intel pro wireless support (this module is NOT listed in the default kernel .conf for unknown reasons) #Am I better off installing 5.4 or 6.0? I'd say you should go with 6.0. It features much better wireless support and I'm sure theres some acpi changes you could benefit from. # #Thanks, Graham/ # # #-- #Kindness can be infectious - try it. # #Graham North #Vancouver, BC #www.soleado.ca Regards, Sune Wettersteen Denmark
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