Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:18:53 -0500 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: is there a laptop ? Message-ID: <49B935ED.90601@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <49B8498B.9080402@onetel.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0903100612580.9131@localhost> <49B8498B.9080402@onetel.com>
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Chris Whitehouse wrote:
> Saifi Khan wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> i've looked at tuxmobil, bsdgroup.de etc and i don't want to use
>> ndiswrapper, or broadcom or additional PCMCIA card at all.
>>
>> Is there a laptop model (available in market) that experienced
>> members would like to recommend wherein . the WiFi 802.11 a/g (PCI
>> based)
>> . Ethernet port . and ACPI work absolutely fine with FreeBSD 7.x ?
>>
>>
Coming in kinda late on this thread but... I recently came across a
Toshiba Satellite L350 (L355D-S7825). It works quite nicely with
7.1-STABLE.
The only issues are...
* needed to build ath wireless driver based on some stuff I googled
* Doesn't recognize on-board bluetooth, modem, or SD card reader.
* The touchpad surface is flush with palm rest and triggered too easily
* Display only does 1440x900
* 2 hour battery life.
Pros:
* 7.1-STABLE amd64 runs great!
* Radeon video works great
* ath wireless and rl0 work great
* 2.0GHz AMD dual with 3GB RAM
* Only $600 from BestBuy
* 17" display
* Does Ubuntu 8.10 (amd64) flawlessly, even 64-bit flash
This is no high-end HP or Lenovo, but for $600US, it's not a bad laptop
for 64-bit FreeBSD. Never tried ACPI features, I just assume
suspend/resume will not work and power on/off. YMMV
--
Regards,
Doug
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