Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:05:20 +0200 From: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sony VGN-A 197XP? (Re: Laptop recommendations?) Message-ID: <415D39F0.4060109@webonaut.com> In-Reply-To: <20041001105544.GG840@genius.tao.org.uk> References: <20041001105544.GG840@genius.tao.org.uk>
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Josef Karthauser wrote: > Because I'm a mug, and that they look nice, I'm considering a new Vaio. > The model that has me wetting myself in anticipation is that VGN-A > 197XP, which has a 1.8GHz centrino with a 2mb cache, a 17" 1920x1200 > screen and an 80gb harddrive. It's lovely. > > The big question is how well does FreeBSD run on it? I absolutely need > to have suspend/resume support as it only has a single battery with a > life of around 2.5 hours (no second battery slot :(). > > Has anyone tried FreeBSD on anything like this? What's the chances that > the wireless 802.11g and bluetooth will work? > > Joe > > p.s. we could really do with a laptop supported web page. Anyone? did you mean something like this? http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ franz.
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