Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:24:01 -0700 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net> To: "D. Michael McFarland" <dmmcf@uiuc.edu> Cc: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice sought on Dell C600 Message-ID: <993921841.3b3e0b313b789@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net> In-Reply-To: <m3pubmt5xl.fsf@katrine.aae.uiuc.edu> References: <20010629222333.B69846@peorth.iteration.net> <m3pubmt5xl.fsf@katrine.aae.uiuc.edu>
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I wouldn't recommend a HP n5470 although on the surface it appears to be
a great value. 256M, 20G, 1Ghz Athlon 4, 1024x768 svga, etc for 2099. I just
bought one and am very happy with the preformance but very unhappy with the
bios (few options, can't control PnP, USB, etc) can't use the minipci nic
because of that. Have only been able to get X to work at 640x480 because
I can't seem to find a good vertical and horizontal freq. range.
XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new gives me
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Monitor0: Using default hsync range of 28-33kHz
(WW) TRIDENT(0): Monitor0: using default vrefresh range of 43-72Hz
Strange. I'm to the point of sending it back. It's really becoming too
much of a hassel. I'm back to my P6-2 300 :-(
I really wish I could get it working, it seems to have potential but I
think they were focusing on the Windows OS, only.
ed
Quoting "D. Michael McFarland" <dmmcf@uiuc.edu>:
| "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net> writes:
|
| > Since you are not very concerned about budget.
|
| I didn't really mean to give this impression.
|
| > I suggest the IBM X21/T21/T22 for what you want.
|
| [Detailed suggestions omitted.]
|
| > Everything on the IBM laptops work well too.
|
| Have there not been occasional problems with unpublicized firmware
| changes?
|
| > Lastly, I must ask that you try searching the archives next time.
| > This question has been answered many times, and the consensus is
| > always the same.
|
| And I must ask that you refrain from such parting shots at the end of
| otherwise helpful messages. Of course I searched the archives, and
| what I found there was useful. But on the subject of a technology
| that evolves as rapidly as notebook computers, last month's consensus
| may be exactly wrong. Furthermore, most of the responses I've
| received to my query came by private mail. They're not going into the
| archives this time unless I summarize them to the list; can you be
| sure they've appeared there before?
|
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