Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:26:12 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, webmaster@wmptl.com, bwoods2@uswest.net, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <14885.22612.653862.74440@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200011291829.eATITWJ23422@ptavv.es.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20001129110537.0498b6c0@localhost> <200011291829.eATITWJ23422@ptavv.es.net>
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> > As I recall, the 600E's modem doesn't work with FreeBSD, and > > power management doesn't work. > > Like every laptop I have ever used, the built-n modem is a > Winmodem. But the problem is no worse with the 600E than with a Dell > or Gateway with a built-in Winmodem. > > Power management works just fine on my 600E. > > The only real annoyance I have with the 600E is the sound. It > seemingly randomly probes as pcm0 or pcm1. If it probes as pcm0, it > works fine. If it probes as pcm1, it's dead. I hate computers with > non-deterministic behavior! I don't have that problem, but I'm still running FreeBSD 2.2.8 on mine. :) (The 3.X series had truly messed up laptop support, as it took some time for my handoff of the maintenance to Warner, but he's done an awesome job with 4.X. I just haven't had the time or inclination to upgrade, since everything works fine right for what I'm using it for.) > Other then that, I have always preferred ThinkPads because of the > excellent keyboard (I'm very finicky about that), the TrackPoint (if I > don't plug in an external mouse) and the 3-button "mouse". Fairly > light, too. My reasons as well. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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