Kaiwai Gardiner wrote: > On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 21:49 -0700, Thomas Preisler wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm buying a new laptop to run Open Solaris on and wonder if anyone can >> recommend a particular brand/model? How about a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ645P4? It >> seems to work well with Nevada build #86. >> >> >> This message posted from opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ >> laptop-discuss mailing list >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > I'm getting a Thinkpad T61p (hopefully tomorrow), which apparently runs > Linux/OpenSolaris/etc fairly well. personally, I wouldn't touch a vaio > if it were the last computer on earth - chocked to the brim with > proprietary garbage, and certaintity something will go wrong. > > Matthew Hi,
I have a sony vaio SZ61 and am running Solaris (preview of forthcoming indiana which is based on NV 86 I think). The ethernet port doesn't work out of the box but I down loaded a driver package from Marvell for it and its fine after that. Webcam doesn't work. The laptop has a built in 3G modem that I don't use but reports suggest it works in linux but I haven't tested it anywhere. Bluetooth isn't supported in Solaris yet to my knowledge (I believe there's support in the works). PCMCIA and card reader not tested either. Other than that its fine. Both graphics cards work (the laptop has an nvidia card (speed mode) and a low power built in intel card (stamina) and both work). So certainly some things don't work. However the biggest issue for me (wired ethernet card) has a work around so I'm happy with it. John > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
