From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 9 14:20:07 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC70CB71000 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 14:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8389D16EE for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 14:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bB0oW-0000WS-Sn for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:20:04 +0200 Received: from p5099ba30.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([80.153.186.48]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:20:04 +0200 Received: from christian.baer by p5099ba30.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:20:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christian Baer Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 16:06:31 +0200 Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <861t478ppu.fsf@WorkBox.Home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5099ba30.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.1 In-Reply-To: <861t478ppu.fsf@WorkBox.Home> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:20:07 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 06/08/16 21:06, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > 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. Was this actually an option you could choose when the T520 was new or were the WiFi chips choses by what Lenovo could get their hands on at the time? Is there any way of telling this from the outside? BTW. Do either of these WiFi chips support 5Ghz? > 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. That probably won't work for me because I plan to install an SSD and a normal HD. But I use a dual-boot system on my computer at home and that works fine for me. Are there more tripwires to consider when doing this on a laptop? Regards, Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iL4EAREKAGYFAldZd+dfFIAAAAAALgAoaXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3Bl bnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDgzRDQzNjY2NUYzMDVBMTYxMDY0ODYwNzMy MDIxMzQyODdFMUJGQjIACgkQMgITQofhv7K5iQD/a5okkt65uzJ1JJHH9Jwr8+fs StKKr88I3JFD+jzCP14BAL/gAJZIOjrdfdzbcWmk29ktgCoyf2HbEQ5JoYhxQmE9 =fhe2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----