Suitability of Sony VAIO laptop for FreeBSD?

[Thomas Beer]

IBM rules, at least for me!
Sony was quite good, but IBM invented it - or was it HP :-?


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:57:40 -0800, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> > In my experience, since that model was available, VAIOs have become
> > less suitable for FreeBSD. No working APM support, ACPI not happy,
> > many devices without drivers...
> >
> > When my Z gave up the ghost I switched to a thinkpad.
> 
> yep!  same here, t40p and t41.
> 
> and there is the issue of support.  actually, with sony, it is
> not an issue.  they have none.  with dell or ibm, they come to
> wherever you are the next day.  i have had dell fix a box in
> nairobi.
> 
> randy
> 
> 
> 
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