Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:11:25 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations for 6.x Message-ID: <20070220191125.B2FB645042@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:12 GMT." <45DACA30.8010107@freebsd.org>
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--==_Exmh_1171998685_47650P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:15:12 +0000 > From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > All, > > What's currently recommended as a FreeBSD laptop platform? > > I'm using an IBM/Lenovo T42 at the moment, but that's shortly going back, so: > > Things I like: > > * Suspend to RAM works > * Nice enough keyboard > * Workable screen resolution (1024x768, big enough for four xterms) > * Reasonably light > * Has a dock -- makes things much easier > * 1.7GHz CPU is fast enough for my needs (web, e-mail, software > development) > * Trackpad > > Things I don't like: > > * Battery life isn't great I believe they make a 9-cell battery for the T42. > * Suspend to disk doesn't work And is not going to until someone writes the suspend to disk software for FreeBSD. Very few newer laptops do BIOS based suspend to disk. It's moved to the OS in Windows, so manufacturers don't waste money doing it any other way. Several people have talked about it and a couple have promised to work on it, but I have not seen anything real. The archives contain some suggestions from jhb (I think) on how to get started, but it's not trivial. > * No WiFi Get a cheap Atheros mini-PCI card. It is supported on the T42 BIOS and works well on FreeBSD. Much cheaper then a new laptop. I think it will be hard to find a laptop much better supported on FreeBSD than the Lenovo T4x machines. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1171998685_47650P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFF20fdkn3rs5h7N1ERAhDsAKCVgbZSRUKoKhDzjN5i4rbbbK7R3QCfbLO0 ZLnAmk0OCcLJ+lI0vG5OmdE= =L96Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1171998685_47650P--
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