Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 14:06:53 -0500 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop Message-ID: <861t478ppu.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <nj9kmu$7r8$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <nj9kmu$7r8$1@ger.gmane.org>
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> Do you think that this machine will work well with FreeBSD on it? Is > there some other machine I should take a look at? While looking around, > I noticed the T520 and liked it (because I have used it before), but I > don't know every model out there and thus I am open to suggestions. I've been using the T520 as my primary machine for almost five years, and love it. As Niklaas said, make sure you get the model that does not have Nvidia Optimus; I would add that you should make sure the model(s) they have for sale feature the Intel WiFi chip, rather than the stock Realtek chip. Intel wireless has worked flawlessly for me, while the Realtek that originally came with my machine would drop connections at least a couple times per day. If you wish to dual-boot, the machine does allow you to connect multiple disks to it---the optical drive can be removed and replaced with an Ultrabay adapter for another 2.5-inch disk, and there's an mSATA port beneath the keyboard. That would give you a lot more flexibility and simplicity, and a lot less hassle, than trying to install two operating systems on one disk. -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------
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