Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:47:30 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: olli@lurza.secnetix.de Subject: Re: What laptop do you recommend? Message-ID: <20060317014730.7a3b0be1@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200603151030.k2FAU6XJ009738@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <freebsd-mobile.20060313103240.ie1bevcdijs4coko@webmail.meijome.net> <200603151030.k2FAU6XJ009738@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:30:06 +0100 (CET) Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: > freebsd@meijome.net wrote: > > I'm looking for a new, gruntier laptop. What laptop is known to > > work WELL with freeBSD? e.g.: > > > > ACPI with no problems (and as many features as possible) > > PATA / SATA with no problems > > all other basic stuff (graphics, NIC, Wireless g, sound, > > touchpad ,etc ) should work too, of course > > > > Looking into either Intel duo Core or AMD64 chips. > > I have recently bought a Samsung X20 (XVM-1600-V). thanks for the info Oliver :) I'll look into it, though ACPI (or APM ) with proper suspend is a must for me (hibernation would be great, but somehow i dont think I've heard of any laptop that supports this in fbsd... could, and hopefully am, wrong) I am also now starting to look into Pentium-M (higher end) rather than dual cores ($$ mainly). I haven't heard one comment about 64bit cpus + laptops + freebsd. ( Lenovo R52 and Lenovo Z60M are shortlisted... hopefully I'll be able to test a Toshiba Tecra A7 (dual core, SATA disk) soon) thx! Beto
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