netbooks vs FreeBSD

Gabor Kovesdan gabor at FreeBSD.org
Sun May 24 13:44:02 UTC 2009


Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko escribió:
> I did not run FreeBSD on it, so I apologize for slight OT, but my wife's
> Samsung NC10 (2.8 lbs, 10.2" screen, 160GB 5400RPM HDD) is pushing 6
> hours of the battery life with the wireless on and memory upgraded to
> 2GB. This is under Windows XP HOME ULCPC though.
>
> Wireless card (as reported by Windows) is Atheros AR5007EG, so you might
> need to ask around whether it is supported by ath driver.
>   
Thanks, that Samsung model seems pretty nice, as well, but it's 
significantly more expensive in Hungary than the Aspire ONE, while the 
specs are mainly the same. So I think I'll go for the Acer netbook if 
someone doesn't convince me quickly not to do so...

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