From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 30 16:54:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63E0C106564A; Mon, 30 May 2011 16:54:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A1218FC0A; Mon, 30 May 2011 16:54:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p4UGsVGT031655 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 30 May 2011 09:54:31 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id B52671CC0B; Mon, 30 May 2011 09:54:31 -0700 (PDT) To: bschmidt@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 30 May 2011 09:15:53 +0200." <201105300915.53440.bschmidt@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:54:31 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20110530165431.B52671CC0B@ptavv.es.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any experience with ThinkPad T420/T520 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 16:54:32 -0000 > Sender: Bernhard Schmidt > From: Bernhard Schmidt > 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 > Oops! I typed too quickly. I just found te thread on Optimus support and I'm scanning it now. Thanks again! -- 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