Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 21:14:58 -1000 From: parv <parv@pair.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: arnab bhowmick <arnabbhowmick111@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buying a laptop - used Message-ID: <20150202071458.GA1591@holstein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20150201154129.J14378@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <CAGk=YH4TpZULve4SzRhCuhOt8766mk-L-%2Bfd=aaqD5M0=8U3Pw@mail.gmail.com> <20150131145130.GA3938@holstein.holy.cow> <20150201154129.J14378@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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in message <20150201154129.J14378@sola.nimnet.asn.au>, wrote Ian Smith thusly... > Hi Ian, > On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 04:51:30 -1000, Parv wrote: ... > > I am currently using a used Lenovo Thinkpad X200 with FreeBSD > > 8. I have not tried using or setting at all any suspend-resume > > setting. A 9-celll battery ([0], "47++", apparently bought new > > about 2-3 years ago along with the 'puter) lasts for 4.5 hours. > > I bought a used X200 a year ago without AC adaptor or battery, so > bought it a new 6-cell battery (47+) and 65W P/S (about AU$150). > Using powerd - but not p4tcc or acpi_throttle - it runs almost 6 > hours on battery just idling and over 4 hours with moderate use, Sweet, Ian! Which version of FreeBSD are you running? 8-STABLE is on my X200 for now; have been thinking (for a while) to update to 10-STABLE. > so your 9-cell battery may be getting a bit old, and/or you > haven't optimised power usage? No, I have not used any power related things in FreeBSD itself. I do have BIOS setup to maximum performance when connected to AC power; optimize battery otherwise. One thing I am not sure is what happens when booted up on battery & some time later connect to AC, and vice versa. In any case I will try powered, and possibly other things. > After a problem that affected many/most modern T and X series > Lenovos regarding losing external USB ports on resume was resolved > last year, suspend and resume work flawlesly; they're really nice > little machines. Good to hear. Would that be suspend-to-RAM? > Arnab may not wish to buy anything as old as an X200 (C.2008), Oh, I remembered later somebody was running FreeBSD 11 on Macbook Pro 2011 ... http://blog.foxkit.us/2015/01/freebsd-on-apple-macbook-pro-82-now.html?spref=tw > but could likely pick up an X210/220/230, or the larger > T410/420/430 models at a good price. Sure. (I am also looking for another one, this time much lighter than X200. Is Thinkpad X1 Carbon II any lighter, I wonder.) > Very latest models may still have some issues with video? Well, somebody had reported success|progress with Intel i915 on 11-CURRENT (and somebody else had working suspend-resume with "recent HEAD" on X230) ... https://twitter.com/etnapierala/status/561500382850215936 - parv --
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