Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:31:35 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Bastian Rieck <bastian@tecroots.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? Message-ID: <20110626083135.GA2432@tinyCurrent> In-Reply-To: <20110626165210.P72504@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20110625182502.GF29050@albert.catwhisker.org> <20110625191708.GA1182@tiny> <20110626165210.P72504@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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El día Sunday, June 26, 2011 a las 05:36:27PM +1000, Ian Smith escribió: > On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:17:08 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > > I run a bunch of laptops/netbooks, all with some older 8-CURRENT or now > > 9-CURRENT (head): > > > > Acer Aspire One D250 > > Fujitsu Siemens Amilo M1437G > > Asus EeePC 900 > > Dell M4400 > > How well does suspend/resume work on these? An absolute must for me. I don't use suspend/resume, can't say anything about; > > the best way, if youd dealer allows it, would be to boot the laptop in > > question with a recent Knoppix DVD to see in detail what is in the box > > and then check the FreeBSD man(4) pages if it is supported; > > The PC-BSD 8.2 memstick might be a good option for that sort of testing. > Unlike the FreeBSD memsticks it's a full DVD-sized image on a proper MBR > slice, so you can write eg a verbose dmesg.boot and sysctl -a to another > slice for later evaluation on an 8GB+ stick, from the fixit boot. Knoppix (a Linux derivate) works better to detect hardware; ofc you can put it as well on an USB key; > I suppose that's not a problem as long as it then behaves ok on battery. > I've never much fancied Dells but with the demise of 'proper' IBM/Lenovo > laptops, I'm trying to keep an open mind to others. How's that Fujitsu? It's outdated (from 2006) but works very well; matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/
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