Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:07:00 -0500 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop Message-ID: <8637om41wr.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <njbt57$pk6$2@ger.gmane.org> References: <nj9kmu$7r8$1@ger.gmane.org> <861t478ppu.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <njbt57$pk6$2@ger.gmane.org>
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Christian Baer writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 06/08/16 21:06, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > >> I would add that you should make sure the model(s) they have for >> sale feature the Intel WiFi chip, rather than the stock Realtek >> chip. > > Was this actually an option you could choose when the T520 was new or > were the WiFi chips choses by what Lenovo could get their hands on at > the time? Is there any way of telling this from the outside? It was, but I skimped on it when I purchased it. It dropped connections pretty regularly, so I upgraded to the Intel Centrino 6205 later. > BTW. Do either of these WiFi chips support 5Ghz? The Intel one does, yes.[1] [1]: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/centrino-advanced-n-6205.html -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------
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