From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 23 20:58:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E27106564A for ; Sat, 23 May 2009 20:58:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gaijin.k@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 533688FC12 for ; Sat, 23 May 2009 20:58:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gaijin.k@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so1452304ywe.13 for ; Sat, 23 May 2009 13:57:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SN1iPFmxFhv/HMUzzImUuUrLVHULBeBDUqnDnXdpA3Y=; b=pMvLVr4j+v76aZ6mDXeJorHDf7kQc0vrJal5bQ3+MUUsaEp1Dobx8584pwrnfU3NDW sTdrwOU2Cq+GKfARlt4C3pR3nW8ZE7SYW6ozTivy/t7pBcZfZMIWkJmOo7MhWz+LRE/H 0arYGf7/wwvpCkQ1BN5ClyjjWy3RBA1aJsaA8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=ntKCd29dLDi3BLqQC2qx72tftKWrdB3EO3zEMLv4YI+FgvgANN6pdr9D/CbEIgI5x7 Wns4AimJzIKVaSwATRH8tKX9rTcVTC/Dfca9XW1OScpffFmLkItfxHJB7kniVdlePQPo 0TLKuyWfsPRsYvU7EoWB+3jmLWIXsGSJsdjZI= Received: by 10.100.241.17 with SMTP id o17mr9491100anh.134.1243112279566; Sat, 23 May 2009 13:57:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.3.231? (pool-70-111-1-160.nwrk.east.verizon.net [70.111.1.160]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b14sm7068104ana.16.2009.05.23.13.57.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 23 May 2009 13:57:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" To: Sean Cavanaugh In-Reply-To: References: <4A17FFAF.4010400@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 16:57:34 -0400 Message-Id: <1243112254.1200.11.camel@RabbitsDen> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Gabor Kovesdan , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooks vs FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 20:58:00 -0000 On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 13:31 -0400, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Wojciech Puchar" > Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:09 PM > To: "Gabor Kovesdan" > Cc: ; > Subject: Re: netbooks vs FreeBSD > > >> > >> I'm about to buy a netbook, which: > >> - is compatible with FreeBSD (wifi is especially important) > >> - has a good battery life (at least 4 hours) > >> - has a normal HDD not an SSD > > > > point 2 and 3 is somehow incompatible - HDD takes more power. anyway in > > order of few watts, compared to CPUs taking 20-50W, excluding those really > > "mobile". so >4 hours on battery&HDD seems possible. > > > > I respectfully disagree. As much as I hate Apple as a company, I currently > have a MacBook Pro that gets over 4 hours of battery life and has a 200+gig > HDD in it. > I did not run FreeBSD on it, so I apologize for slight OT, but my wife's Samsung NC10 (2.8 lbs, 10.2" screen, 160GB 5400RPM HDD) is pushing 6 hours of the battery life with the wireless on and memory upgraded to 2GB. This is under Windows XP HOME ULCPC though. Wireless card (as reported by Windows) is Atheros AR5007EG, so you might need to ask around whether it is supported by ath driver. HTH, -- Alexandre Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)