From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 20:12:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8424D106567C for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 20:12:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joerosenfeld@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E2508FC13 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 20:12:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joerosenfeld@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so1805670wah.3 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 13:12:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=XqGPJCTcvsE+Q5mFprRBUCF5TNAHTumZ8U1a/1vyj7g=; b=oWC4w6wT7p0QGbvtpqIA5Pji4JcHfTA9Kb0/QVlFQq2wiQrT+EzXYTKChvY1KAsb2G6E8sx3bFQ47W8GE/98RVGseqHganvoaNs60G3P/3vLB0v7enANC9w/C0nETlnJd+LOsPXzSos6GiSDrGWl4WktR7yh64V0+Q75ROv7Q/Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=vtC/1GLC/y9y/dJ6B2t7LNFFhEl9z6jQX22Ix/pSPI8YEAuhOFeE8mul7xQKG0t3RvMIz0HkALGpSJqUc0MzxoYFolx4hxmIkzKxYeOh2kWfTqhWOxXKPmJ00R+Y7DoTmIpTeKJ2IefxglgY7FqkT2b8TOOXV0Tv5O+7hdlhEp0= Received: by 10.114.125.2 with SMTP id x2mr7926705wac.48.1211227976959; Mon, 19 May 2008 13:12:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.15.9 with HTTP; Mon, 19 May 2008 13:12:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6e5cf6a70805191312q20ad657fr8872e1cbb2ff1da9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:12:56 -0400 From: "Joachim Rosenfeld" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Lenovo ThinkPad -- good as IBM? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 20:12:57 -0000 I had an IBM ThinkPad T41 that I was using until recently. It was rock solid, ran FreeBSD perfectly, handled all abuse I threw at it (I dropped it a couple of times), and generally did everything I needed it to do. I switched jobs so I had to return that T41, so I'm thinking about buying a ThinkPad of my own. Since the T41 however, IBM has sold its ThinkPad line to Lenovo. I've only heard anecdotal stories about Lenovo, and its largely been about driver compatibility. Can anyone comment on whether or not Lenovo has maintained the IBM quality standards for the ThinkPad line, whether or not a Lenovo would make a good FreeBSD laptop, or suggest some alternatives? thanks, Joe