From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 9 19:07:06 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 E771FB70C17 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 19:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-f177.google.com (mail-io0-f177.google.com [209.85.223.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0D351223 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 19:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-f177.google.com with SMTP id o127so477342iod.2 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:07:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=EwWReMuJmXDXVJX81Ws2lzfHnkdeeeXlEG9yr4mfaUY=; b=KcN+w4zNlCVSYelPA0kyuzYU+0ALIM1xCH1dnmC+AH+sjfZvb1zv7c94QecjEcSk8B 7HdU/5DK8iyR2cZwfEtenCZ878aoTvolEjMKxhscvY59WlbnQfEdDLrlO5onUJLJwNU2 ZuNBsKkxH8DIEYqmMmA/J2SBC4QClH4rjXD29xkc3/EJJsunnIzf0k3jtk1cykPij/RC +H6XQzm5veQIOPA9kLbGJGhuLpzfNbi3vXciCpu/j0TWXE/E1Hc749RZpH5DJaZaz2Ji dxbCLCcn+yb5x00WzuyUEZoh6NDFxotOEgLDnWHI7vxczxBgFx6RUZSlwz+bMDVJwCNc VQzg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tLP66EsHAmYRqTqJRhPNeapbIAXoMdiJrt6/7rTFIZUJLK4bvUejAVZtPSP6P/Oig== X-Received: by 10.107.37.19 with SMTP id l19mr19908932iol.75.1465499219898; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (174-30-204-156.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.204.156]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w70sm3809299itc.4.2016.06.09.12.06.58 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:06:58 -0700 (PDT) References: <861t478ppu.fsf@WorkBox.Home> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Christian Baer Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:07:00 -0500 Message-ID: <8637om41wr.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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 19:07:07 -0000 Christian Baer writes: > -----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? It was, but I skimped on it when I purchased it. It dropped connections pretty regularly, so I upgraded to the Intel Centrino 6205 later. > BTW. Do either of these WiFi chips support 5Ghz? The Intel one does, yes.[1] [1]: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/centrino-advanced-n-6205.html -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------