Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 21:03:49 -0400 From: "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU> To: Jose Gabriel Marcelino <gabriel@maquina.com> Cc: FreeBSD mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Notebook recommendation Message-ID: <20000811210349.B34238@stat.Duke.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008120037410.18835-100000@devils.maquina.com>; from gabriel@maquina.com on Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 01:00:05AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008120037410.18835-100000@devils.maquina.com>
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Jose Gabriel Marcelino stated: : : Hi, : : I'm planning to buy a notebook and I want to run FreeBSD on it, of course. : : My main requirements are: : : - It has to be lightweight < 2.5Kg ( < 5.5 lbs) : - Battery should last at the very least 2+ hours. : - 1024x768 resolution : - Compatibility with the Cisco Aironet 340 cards I already ordered : (shoulnd't be too difficult, just requires a PC Card slot). : - Maximum compatility with FreeBSD. : : After drooling a bit over the Sony Vaios, I have found their price tags to : put them too low on the bang for the buck ratio, and I don't need the : FireWire or memory card ports. : : I've now found the Asus model M8320 notebook to fit the requirements : nicely, but I would like to hear some more opinions. : : This machine has a Silicon Motion 710 graphic chip, which seems to be : supported in (only) XFree86 3.6 (ie, no 4.0 support yet). It's a 2D only : chip but that's ok for my needs. : : For sound it has the Intel 440MX chipset as it's AC'97 controller, so it : should be supported in a (future?) i8xx driver, it's already fully : supported in Linux so I guess it's just a question of time (or maybe some : work from me :) to have it working in FreeBSD. : : It also seems to have an Intel 82559 Ethernet controller which is nice and : a Lucent 1641 DSP as a modem chip which already has some Linux support : (and even a binary modem Linux kernel module from Lucent itself). This : comes out by a combo network/phone line RJ-45 jack which makes me a little : afraid of how one changes it's mode. : : I also like the fact that it has a removable CD-Rom drive as it seems to : make the airplane companies happier. : : Does anyone have one of this machines? How does it work under FreeBSD? I : would appreciate your comments very much. I just ordered an Acer 600TER for a user .. not here yet as we had to go with purchase order :( The machine is under 5.5 or right about there with 600 MHz PIII, 13.3" XGA screen, built-in Intel enet, cd-rw (a nifty feature) with 64MB of RAM for under $2200.00. Also, it has an ESS Solo PCI (pcm support in -current which probably pretty easy to MFC). This is all from the PDF spec sheet the url below isn't quite as detailed. http://www.acer.com/aac/products/notebook/tm600/index.htm S -- 1--------01---------01--------01--------01--------01--------01--------0 Sean O'Connell sean@stat.Duke.EDU To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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