Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:42:05 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "~/.signature" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu>, "Dmitry V. Kalashnikov" <dvk@qwest.net>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, "Dmitry V . Kalashnikov" <dvk@toolbuilders.com> Subject: Re: My perfect laptop! Message-ID: <20010511114204.A19480@shade.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <20010509092640.I68969@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:26:40AM %2B0930 References: <20010508181059.G68969@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200105081438.f48Ecjx05412@fac13.ds.psu.edu> <20010509092640.I68969@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:26:40AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > I think it just stores a copy of RAM, so you don't need (much more) > space than the size of your RAM. I don't know if FreeBSD supports > suspend-to-disk. Suspend-to-disk works fine with FreeBSD on a Sony VAIO Z505sx (Phoenix BIOS). In this case, the BIOS does as you say -- it dumps the RAM to a partition. When you boot again, it loads it back up. It otherwise behaves pretty much as suspend does. > My issues with the ThinkPads are: > > 1. I don't like the eraserhead pointer. I suppose I could get used > to it, but it's an issue against it. I just replaced my Sony VAIO with a ThinkPad X20 (they are about the same size/weight) in part because of disgust with the touchpad. I hate the damn things, I always hit them with my thumbs while typing, sending my cursor flying. The IBM TrackPoint is very accurate and doesn't get in the way. The ThinkPad X20 also has 3 mouse buttons -- woo hoo! > 2. All ThinkPads I have seen have the Fn key at bottom left where the > Alt key should be. If it were anything else (Ctrl, for example), > it could be remapped, but you can't remap the Fn key. Is this > still the case on your machine? My bottom row starts out like: Fn Ctrl Alt Space ... Sometimes I hit Fn when I meant to hit Ctrl. I find all keyboards take some time to get used to. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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