Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:16:41 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Joachim Rosenfeld" <joerosenfeld@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lenovo ThinkPad -- good as IBM? Message-ID: <20080519161641.68bee816.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <6e5cf6a70805191312q20ad657fr8872e1cbb2ff1da9@mail.gmail.com> References: <6e5cf6a70805191312q20ad657fr8872e1cbb2ff1da9@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In response to "Joachim Rosenfeld" <joerosenfeld@gmail.com>: > 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? I had an IBM Thinkpad until last November, when I replaced it with a Lenovo T61. It runs FreeBSD 7 pretty well. The only problem I've had so far is that FreeBSD is unable to put it to sleep, but my understanding is that's not a Thinkpad-specific problem. So far I've been very happy with all aspects of it. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20080519161641.68bee816.wmoran>