Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:02:20 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Paul Dlug <paul@nerdlabs.com> Cc: Damien Tougas <damien@tougas.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for laptop opinions/experiences Message-ID: <4.2.2.20000310090121.00a9ca10@localhost> In-Reply-To: <38C8A2B2.669B224C@nerdlabs.com> References: <20000309234436.A16923@tougas.net> <4.2.2.20000310002653.04504a00@localhost>
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As I understand it, Dell uses the ESS Maestro, for which sound support is beta quality at best even if you buy the OSS driver. Since I do a lot of RealAudio, I need sound to work. --Brett At 12:22 AM 3/10/2000 , Paul Dlug wrote: >To be honest with you I never bothered to try it, sound has always been >low on my priority list :-) > >Brett Glass wrote: > > > > What about sound? > > > > --Brett > > > > At 12:01 AM 3/10/2000 , Paul Dlug wrote: > > > > >I have a Sony VAIO F350 I bought in december. Compatbility wise it's > > >been pretty good, I have 3.3 on it with PAO > > >(http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/) which supports my Linksys PCMCIA NIC > > >quite well. The neomagic chipset on it is supported by xfree and works > > >just fine at 1024x768. I would reccommend this laptop highly if the hard > > >drive hadn't failed two days ago :-) Other than that 'minor' detail I > > >would say I'm completely satisfied with it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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