Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:07:19 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: bschmidt@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any experience with ThinkPad T420/T520 Message-ID: <20110530160719.8D52C1CC0D@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 May 2011 09:15:53 %2B0200." <201105300915.53440.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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> Sender: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net> > From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> > Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:15:53 +0200 > > On Sunday, May 29, 2011 18:53:43 Kevin Oberman wrote: > > I'm about to order new laptop and I am looking at a Lenovo ThinkPad > > T520. Does anyone have experience with this model? Anything that should > > cause alarm? I plan on getting the nVidia 4200N graphics which should > > work with the nVidia driver. > > What's the current state of "Optimus" support? Last time I've > checked the NVIDIA driver had no support for that so you might > be stuck with the Intel GPU. > > -- > Bernhard > Ouch! That would be a bummer. Thanks for the heads-up. I have been worried about the video issue, but I have not followed it closely enough to realize the significance of "Optimus". -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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