Dell Inspiron 8500

[Al-Afu]

> Anyone run FreeBSD on such a beast?

I have one.
See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebsd-mobile&m=105126064020450&w=2

Anyways, here's what i found out after three days of owning the machine:
1. Integrated Ethernet Adapter - Broadcom 440X: Not supported at all in
freebsd. Led to me buying a PCMCIA card which led to the issues in the
URL above
2. Integrated SoundCard - Intel AC97: Not supported. Have been told I
should look into OpenSound. Need to investigate this further
3. Integrated Modem: Not supported
4. NVidia GeForce4 440 Go: Supported in XFree86 and configured with
minimal fuss. However, am having trouble in configuring the Screens to
fit the Widescreen resolutions (screens are displayed with large black
borders to the left and right)

Apart from the above, everything works like a charm and the machine's
raw speed and power is a joy to behold.

As a mobile development machine, i rate (1) highly, and (4) as highly
desirable. Anyone knows how to get the X working in widescreen format?


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