From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 24 13:44:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92D81106564A; Sun, 24 May 2009 13:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from server.mypc.hu (server.mypc.hu [87.229.73.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4132B8FC12; Sun, 24 May 2009 13:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1954E14D5AE6; Sun, 24 May 2009 15:44:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at t-hosting.hu Received: from server.mypc.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mypc.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id vjg3KF1GzN1R; Sun, 24 May 2009 15:43:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.105] (catv-80-98-231-64.catv.broadband.hu [80.98.231.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6BBA014D5AA7; Sun, 24 May 2009 15:43:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A194F19.9070106@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 15:43:53 +0200 From: Gabor Kovesdan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" References: <4A17FFAF.4010400@FreeBSD.org> <1243112254.1200.11.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <1243112254.1200.11.camel@RabbitsDen> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Wojciech Puchar , Sean Cavanaugh , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooks vs FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 13:44:02 -0000 Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko escribió: > I did not run FreeBSD on it, so I apologize for slight OT, but my wife's > Samsung NC10 (2.8 lbs, 10.2" screen, 160GB 5400RPM HDD) is pushing 6 > hours of the battery life with the wireless on and memory upgraded to > 2GB. This is under Windows XP HOME ULCPC though. > > Wireless card (as reported by Windows) is Atheros AR5007EG, so you might > need to ask around whether it is supported by ath driver. > Thanks, that Samsung model seems pretty nice, as well, but it's significantly more expensive in Hungary than the Aspire ONE, while the specs are mainly the same. So I think I'll go for the Acer netbook if someone doesn't convince me quickly not to do so... -- Gabor Kovesdan FreeBSD Volunteer EMAIL: gabor@FreeBSD.org .:|:. gabor@kovesdan.org WEB: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gabor .:|:. http://kovesdan.org