Hi guys, I'm looking into buying a new laptop in the next week, due to budget, time and the fact that I'm near the end of civilization right now, I have the following choices: Toshiba Tecra A6-SP3032 (Core Duo 1.83GHz, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g), Intel PRO/1000 VE 10/100/1000 Base-TX, FastIR, Intel GMA950, Realtek ALC861 Audio, 5-in-1 cardreader, FireWire) or hp nx6320 (Same specs, except Broadcom NetLink Gig-Ethernet (BCM5788M) and ADI1981HD audio, no cardreader). I'll be running 6-Stable on this, with X, Gnome, et al. Has anyone had any experience (positive or negative) with either of these machines? Which wired Ethernet works better with FreeBSD? Is the wireless reliable/unreliable, does it work at all? Audio? Graphics under X? What about IR/FireWire, cardreader? And most importantly, what about power management? -- Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner lopisaur@gmail.com PGP ID: 483EA9B6 (+591-705)98290
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:38:16 -0400 Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner <lopisaur@gmail.com> wrote:> due to budget, time and the fact that I'm near the end of civilization > right now,Oh, are you here in Noway? :-))> I have the following choices: > Toshiba Tecra A6-SP3032 (Core Duo 1.83GHz, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > (802.11a/b/g), Intel PRO/1000 VE 10/100/1000 Base-TX, FastIR, IntelThe wireless is going to give you grief; currently only a beta driver eksists (search -mobile mailing list for 3945), and nobody is working on s driver either. AFAIK. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 08:38 -0400, Christian Lopez de Castilla Wagner wrote:> Hi guys, > I'm looking into buying a new laptop in the next week, > due to budget, time and the fact that I'm near the end of civilization > right now, > I have the following choices: > Toshiba Tecra A6-SP3032 (Core Duo 1.83GHz, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG > (802.11a/b/g), Intel PRO/1000 VE 10/100/1000 Base-TX, FastIR, Intel > GMA950, Realtek ALC861 Audio, 5-in-1 cardreader, FireWire) > or > hp nx6320 (Same specs, except Broadcom NetLink Gig-Ethernet (BCM5788M) > and ADI1981HD audio, no cardreader).I'd go for the HP. I bought a HP nx7400 2 weeks ago (which has similar specs) and everything except sound and the wireless stuff seems to work. A Beta driver for the sound exists and it works well on my laptop, but it hasn't been committed to current yet. Dunno about the status of wireless support, but I heard rumors about a port of the wpi(4) driver from OpenBSD. -- Joel