From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 10:56:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C926216A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:56:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from transwarp.tao.org.uk (transwarp.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C457343D45 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:56:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@tao.org.uk) Received: from genius.tao.org.uk (genius.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.51]) by transwarp.tao.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A268EA91 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:56:21 +0100 (BST) Received: by genius.tao.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 100) id 657394505; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:55:44 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:55:44 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041001105544.GG840@genius.tao.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Josef Karthauser , current@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qf1oXS95uex85X0R" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040927193236.GA39950@laptoxa.toxa.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-taoresearch-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Tao Research for more information X-taoresearch-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: joe@tao.org.uk Subject: Sony VGN-A 197XP? (Re: Laptop recommendations?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:56:32 -0000 --Qf1oXS95uex85X0R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Because I'm a mug, and that they look nice, I'm considering a new Vaio. The model that has me wetting myself in anticipation is that VGN-A 197XP, which has a 1.8GHz centrino with a 2mb cache, a 17" 1920x1200 screen and an 80gb harddrive. It's lovely. The big question is how well does FreeBSD run on it? I absolutely need to have suspend/resume support as it only has a single battery with a life of around 2.5 hours (no second battery slot :(). Has anyone tried FreeBSD on anything like this? What's the chances that the wireless 802.11g and bluetooth will work? Joe p.s. we could really do with a laptop supported web page. Anyone? --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --Qf1oXS95uex85X0R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkFdN68ACgkQXVIcjOaxUBavEQCgnsRSvdaZ+v9jRkI2uLf6ysvs tUYAniS9wFbovKJyt/DYmQgfLhKmp2I7 =ko1V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qf1oXS95uex85X0R--