Re: Laptop suggestions?
Jeremy Chadwick <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile,gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers |
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:13:03AM +0300, Stefan Lambrev wrote: > Matt Olander wrote: >> On Jul 25, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:34:32 -0500, Frank Mayhar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> My old Dell Inspiron 5160 has developed problems that I can't fix, >>>> sigh, >>>> so it's time to replace it. I'm hoping for some good suggestions from >>>> this list (cc'd to hackers for the exposure, I know everyone doesn't >>>> read -mobile). >>>> >>>> My criteria: >>>> * 3D acceleration. >>>> * MiniPCI wireless (don't care which card, I'll replace it >>>> anyway). >>>> * At least 15" screen. >>>> * Decent power consumption. >>>> * Plays well with FreeBSD 7-stable. >>>> >>>> Nice to have: >>>> * Dual core. >>>> * >4GB memory. >>>> * Working suspend/hibernate mode (and no, I'm not holding my >>>> breath). >>>> >>>> So, suggestions? BTW, if I get a decent response I'll summarize it for >>>> the list, along with the one I chose and my experience after >>>> ordering/installing it. >>> >>> Maybe you can wait for this: >>> >>> http://www.ixsystems.com/products/bsd-laptop.html >> >> Hi everyone! I actually had our prototype of this laptop up at the >> OSCON show in Portland and it was pretty well received. >> Everything works for the most part although we're still tweaking some >> things for ACPI. >> >> I'll have one at the FreeBSD booth at LinuxWorld in San Francisco next >> week, August 5-7. We'll announce as soon as this thing is 100% and >> we're comfortable bringing the product line up as an item that we're >> comfortable supporting long term. Most likely, available to the >> general public in September. > Does it have web cam btw ? I do not saw in spec, but on the picture > looks like it have. FreeBSD has support for webcams? News to me. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"