Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:57:48 HST From: knowtree@aloha.com To: Matt Olander <matt@ixsystems.com>, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? Message-ID: <200807300057.m6U0vmNU012058@yoda.pixi.com>
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> On Jul 25, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:34:32 -0500, Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> > > wrote: > > > >> My old Dell Inspiron 5160 has developed problems that I can't fix, > >> sigh, .. > > > > Maybe you can wait for this: > > > > http://www.ixsystems.com/products/bsd-laptop.html > > Hi everyone! I actually had our prototype of this laptop up at the > OSCON show in Portland and it was pretty well received. > Everything works for the most part although we're still tweaking some > things for ACPI. > > I'll have one at the FreeBSD booth at LinuxWorld in San Francisco next > week, August 5-7. We'll announce as soon as this thing is 100% and > we're comfortable bringing the product line up as an item that we're > comfortable supporting long term. Most likely, available to the > general public in September. Matt - I may have just found my next laptop. A few questions: 1. Case size? 2. Weight? (It sounds heavy.) 3. Built-in camera? Specs? 4. Why FreeBSD 6.x and not 7.x? 5. Built-in modem not a winmodem? 6. Suspend will work, reliably, including networking? Please put me on your mailing list, assuming you have one. Gary Dunn Honolulu Open Slate Project http://openslate.net/ 73 BMW E9 (3.0 CS) 2213583 (rust repair research project) http://e9erust.blogspot.com/
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