I am using a Compaq R3000 amd64 3200+ 512mb ram 15.4 xga... OS - Suse 9.1, 32 bit for now until slightly better pcmcia support in 64bit and I don't think I can use ndiswrapper for for the broadcom wireless in 64bit. I use the wireless constantly and am using this laptop as my primary system. I still have windows beat down to a corner but maybe have to boot it for a specific need oh say once or twice a week. I do sysadmin work and web development to give you my usage level. In fact I cracked a client up just last week when I showed them a remote destop session for their windows 2000 server running on my linux laptop<G>... kinda ironic.. remote windows admin from linux.. anyways off topic. I've been running this for about 4 months now and it has been bullet proof so far. Craig Len Zaifman wrote:
would like to replace a 4 year old Sony VAIO with a an AMD64 laptop. What experience is there ? What works?
I looked at the AcerFerrari 3400 which looks good, except for the broadcom networking (both the 10/100/1000 RJ45 and the wireless are broadcom ) which I hear doesn't work well with OpenBSD. How does this work on linux??
I can also look at a more customised system below Both laptops are based on:
VIA K8T800+VT8235CE chipset:
Should I comnsider any other lamd64 laptops?
The laptop will be a dual boot
OpenBSD 3.6 / Suse Linux 9.1 (and hopefully no windows)
Customised solution:
EUROCOM D400K PYTHON
Summary Base System 15-inch XGA (1024-by-768 pixels)
Wireless WLAN 802.11b/g WLAN; internal miniPCI; Intel® PRO Wireless 2200
Processor 3200+ AMD Athlon64 Mobile; 62W; 754-pin; 1MB cache
Memory 1024MB (2x512MB) DDR333 PC2700 200pin - 1 SODIMM Video Module 64MB ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 Hard Drive 60GB (2.5'') 7,200rpm w/8MB cache
Internal Card Reader 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MS/MMC)
Optical Drive 4x Slot Super DVD Multi Drive (DVD-RAM/+RW/-RW; CD-RW; DVD/CD-ROM) with Software
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System 17-inch Wide-Screen UltraBright WSXGA+ (1680-by-1050 pixels) - EUROCOM D470K PYTHON
Wireless WLAN 802.11b/g WLAN; internal miniPCI; Intel® PRO Wireless 2200 Bluetooth Module
Processor 3200+ AMD Athlon64 Mobile; 62W; 754-pin; 1MB cache Memory 1GB (2x 512MB) DDR333 PC2700 200pin - 2 SODIMM Hard Drive 60GB (2.5'') 7,200rpm w/8MB cache
Operating System
Keyboard (Language) Keyboard - U.S. English
Internal Card Reader 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MS/MMC/MS-Pro)
Optical Drive 4x Slot Super DVD Multi Drive (DVD-RAM/+RW/-RW; CD-RW; DVD/CD-ROM) with Software