Re: Laptop suggestions?

On Thursday 24 July 2008, Frank Mayhar 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).

I haven't played with one hands-on, but the laptop I was going to buy until
$work supplied a different one was a Fujitsu Lifebook E8410. It has a few
customization options if you get it from Fujitsu directly. Among these are
Intel graphics and Atheros wireless, 2 of the main things I was looking for
for good FreeBSD hw support.

My criteria:
* 3D acceleration.
check ought to work w/ intel(4x) driver on i386 or amd64
* MiniPCI wireless (don't care which card, I'll replace it
anyway).
AFAIK. I was planning to select the Atheros option and leave it..
* At least 15" screen.
15.4 Wide with WSXGA+ option
* Decent power consumption.
Unknown, but available 8-cell main and 6-cell modular batteries.
* Plays well with FreeBSD 7-stable.
AFAIK.

Nice to have:
* Dual core.
check.
* >4GB memory.
=4GB avail. (can you get more on a laptop yet?)
* Working suspend/hibernate mode (and no, I'm not holding my
breath).
unknown. has any progress been made WRT suspend/resume + SMP on FreeBSD in
general?

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.

Best of luck and do post your experiences.

JN
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