Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:53:13 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Christopher Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Notebook recommendations Message-ID: <44C935C9.2080307@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <F00D3616-2E13-46B4-BE03-4AE3720837C1@vindaloo.com> References: <20060727161919.3D47945042@ptavv.es.net> <F00D3616-2E13-46B4-BE03-4AE3720837C1@vindaloo.com>
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Christopher Hilton wrote: > Thanks for the advice. In this case I'm trying to replace my Gateway > 450ROG. That had a 1.4 GHz Pentium M and (a 4.5 hour battery life) as > well as an ipw driven 802.11b card. Everything worked pretty well but > I hated the build quality of the machine. > > If the new intel wifi chip isn't supported that's not too bad. I would > have bought an atheros based card anyhow because that's the only thing > I can get to work reliably with kismet. I really should have said that > a real serial port is a requirement. I forgot that I don't want to buy > a usb GPS when my Garmin 12XL works just fine. Fujitsu-Siemens' latest Lifebooks E (8110 & 8210) still carry serial and parallel ports. To match your old Gateway, a Lifebook E8010 would also work, which should be available via ebay a bit cheaper. ACPI S3+S4 do not work with my E8010, either, though, so the chances that it works with newer models is slim, at best. But the build-quality of the Lifebooks is very good. IMO, they are borderline to a toughbook (minus water-resistance, of course). And as I said: ACPI is a a big, commen problem with current notebooks, even when you use e.g. SuSE: everything bar XP is going to give major problems in the ACPI-department (at least). And even using XP could force you through the odd BIOS-update cycle (or two) until everything works. cheers, Rainer
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