Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 17:50:47 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Parv <parv@pair.com> Cc: arnab bhowmick <arnabbhowmick111@gmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buying a laptop - used Message-ID: <20150201154129.J14378@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20150131145130.GA3938@holstein.holy.cow> References: <CAGk=YH4TpZULve4SzRhCuhOt8766mk-L-%2Bfd=aaqD5M0=8U3Pw@mail.gmail.com> <20150131145130.GA3938@holstein.holy.cow>
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 04:51:30 -1000, Parv wrote: > in message > <CAGk=YH4TpZULve4SzRhCuhOt8766mk-L-+fd=aaqD5M0=8U3Pw@mail.gmail.com>, > wrote arnab bhowmick thusly... > > > > Hi friends i want to buy a laptop. please recommend some brand > > that can easily install freebsd . please suggest me > > something(brand) as my old laptop stopped working for shortcircuit > > and i am in great trouble. > > If you are not averse to buying a used 'puter ... > > 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, so your 9-cell battery may be getting a bit old, and/or you haven't optimised power usage? 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. Arnab may not wish to buy anything as old as an X200 (C.2008), but could likely pick up an X210/220/230, or the larger T410/420/430 models at a good price. Very latest models may still have some issues with video? cheers, Ian > - parv > > [0] http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/itemdetails/43R9255/460/D65CF46CB0DB412FA2E56C552E0D8A38#techspecs
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