From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 27 13:00:46 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 1EAB616A4CE for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:00:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bsd.ultra-secure.de (bsd.ultra-secure.de [62.146.20.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27DEB43D4C for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:00:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: (qmail 36878 invoked by uid 1005); 27 Sep 2004 13:00:43 -0000 Received: from rainer@ultra-secure.de by bsd.ultra-secure.de by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 Clear:RC:1(217.232.226.242):. Processed in 0.529179 secs); 27 Sep 2004 13:00:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.224?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.232.226.242) by bsd.ultra-secure.de with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 27 Sep 2004 13:00:43 -0000 From: Rainer Duffner To: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040927111438.GA865@genius.tao.org.uk> References: <20040927111438.GA865@genius.tao.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096290034.23046.82.camel@linux-mobile.example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:00:35 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: 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: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:00:46 -0000 Am Mo, den 27.09.2004 schrieb Josef Karthauser um 13:14: > My Dell Inspiron 5000e is getting a bit long in the tooth, and the > keyboard has just packed in :( so I'm in the market for a new laptop. > Does anyone have any recommendations for me? In particular I want a > working ACPI/suspend interface and this Dell has never been supported > well - fans on all the time, doesn't resume properly, etc. > > My previous machine was a Sony Vaio which I loved, but was fairly > expensive and the repair support wasn't very good. Dell's support was > much better and I'd prefer a Dell I think, but I don't know whether more > recent models fair better with power management support, etc. > Any helpful hints would be gladly received. Try to find a store that let's you try out FreeBSD on their show-room laptops (forget that, if you want a Dell...) And if you go that route, only buy the model you actually tried out. Because chipsets and specs change very fast in the laptop-world - though you may be better-off with business-class laptops in this respect. I still don't know if I should replace my Inspiron 4000 with a PowerBook or with a x86-laptop - the price of a D600 seems to come very close anyway and the PB would be hassle-free in the ACPI-departement at least.... Does anyone know if and when a newer version of FreeSBIE comes out ? Rainer -- =================================================== ~ Rainer Duffner - rainer@ultra-secure.de ~ ~ Freising - Munich - Germany ~ ~ Unix - Linux - BSD - OpenSource - Security ~ ~ http://www.ultra-secure.de/~rainer/pubkey.pgp ~ ===================================================