From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 20:28:09 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 CDB9A1065675 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 20:28:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from smtp1.tls.net (smtp1.tls.net [65.196.224.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D3ED8FC21 for ; Mon, 19 May 2008 20:28:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 4595 invoked from network); 19 May 2008 20:28:05 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 4585, pid: 4591, t: 0.1879s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 clamav: 0.91.1/m:45/d:6125 spam: 3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on smtp1.tls.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=20.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 Received: from 64-184-11-185.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.1.46?) (ldg%tls.net@64.184.11.185) by auth-smtp1.tls.net with ESMTPA; 19 May 2008 20:28:05 -0000 Message-ID: <4831E2CC.3000907@pixelhammer.com> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:27:56 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <6e5cf6a70805191312q20ad657fr8872e1cbb2ff1da9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6e5cf6a70805191312q20ad657fr8872e1cbb2ff1da9@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 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 20:28:09 -0000 Joachim Rosenfeld wrote: > 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 I am on my third Stinkpad and this one is a Lenovo R61i. I believe it is just as solid as my previous Stinkpads, I love it, wouldn't trade it. I have not installed FreeBSd on any of them, but my last ( a G40 ) and this R61i run Desktop BSD and PCBSD in vmware wonderfully. DAve -- In 50 years, our descendants will look back on the early years of the internet, and much like we now look back on men with rockets on their back and feathers glued to their arms, marvel that we had the intelligence to wipe the drool from our chins.