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Subject: Re: Suitability of Sony VAIO laptop for FreeBSD?
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Thomas Beer <nohuman@gmail.com> probably said:
> 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. 

In my experience, since that model was available, VAIOs have become
less suitable for FreeBSD. No working APM support, ACPI not happy,
many devices without drivers...

When my Z gave up the ghost I switched to a thinkpad.

P.

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pir