Laptop suggestions?

[Stefan Lambrev]

Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 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 <frank at exit.com> 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.
>   
multimedia/pwcbsd
multimedia/linux-gspca-kmod
multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod

Though I never heard for someone using successfully his webcam with 
skype2 ;)

http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD/usb-cameras.html

The question for webcamps pop-ups regularly on -multimedia.

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Best Wishes,
Stefan Lambrev
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