> Geert Bevin wrote:
>>>> So, far...I've gotten really sick of this laptop. It:
>>>
>>> The Ferrari 4000?  Yes, it's fan is an issue.
>> I agree ... I kinda regret buying it because of that. Besides  
>> that, it's a really nice laptop. Anyway, I'll probably replace it  
>> with the second MacBook Pro generation in a year or so anyway.
>
> Oye mate, throw some money my way then ;-)...this laptop cost  
> around CAD $2800 and it's a bit too rich a "toy" for my blood. I  
> certainly think of MacBook Pro's as a better replacement (hopefully).

Ha ha, I intend on selling it 2nd hand in a year. Should still be a  
reasonably price. I certainly didn't pay that much for it. I think it  
was around 1700 euro. I'd hold out for a second generation MacBook  
Pro though.

>>>> c) Suspend-Resume on non-Microsoft OS's. - No other OS has  
>>>> worked with
>>>> suspend/resume.
>>>
>>> That's also a function of ATI, I believe.  Unless there's a generic
>>> way to "reset display as X left it when resuming" in Xorg.
>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-390268-highlight-videopost.html
>> Someone here reports that he got it working on Linux. I didn't  
>> have the heart to try it out yet, especially since it requires  
>> noapic to be passed to the kernel and DRI to be disabled.
>
> Ferrari 4000 Service Guide (system specs, disassembly, jumpers,  
> internal configuration, troubleshooting, etc.)
> http://individual.utoronto.ca/nezic/ferrari4k_service_guide.pdf
>
> Ferrari 4000 User's Guide (very basic usage)
> http://individual.utoronto.ca/nezic/ferrari4k_user_guide.pdf

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