Comments on: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (”lenny”) on a Samsung P55-Pro T8100 Sevesh

By: sp

sp — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:28:36 +0000

The ventilation system is on the left side of the laptop. There seems to be air intake on the bottom though. I fear I cannot answer that question as I am not using this laptop that way.

The only thing I could add is that I am still more than happy with my P55-Pro.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:28:12 +0000

i guess i will use a key-remapping software to fix that issue.
here’s another thing i’d like to know before i buy a laptop:
say you rest the machine on your lap or flat on your stomach while lounging on your couch, how much/would that obstruct the ventilation system of the fan on the bottom side?

By: sp

sp — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:39:59 +0000

@Sebastien

The FN key is in the lower left corner, the left CTRL key is right to it.

Personally I found this annoying with the first Samsung laptopt I bought (Samsung P35), but to be honest, I got used to that quickly.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:00:39 +0000

Hello,
I am looking to buy this same notebook, because it seems to be the only model left that still has a 4:3 aspect ratio. Unfortunately I can’t find any reviews of the laptop online. What I am wondering is, if they put the FN or the Ctrl key in the lower left corner. It annoyed me before on Samsung notebooks that it was the FN kex.

Thanks,
Sebastian

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:53:39 +0000

Hi,

thanks for your hints on how to get around the ACPI problem. I just bought a similar model (P55 pro Pasawa – same hardware but comes with Vista Business pre-installed) and was searching for a solution to that problem on openSuSE 11.0

Bye,

Tom