From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 3 14:27:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B187106566B for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 14:27:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnn@neville-neil.com) Received: from vps.hungerhost.com (vps.hungerhost.com [216.38.53.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B9E58FC08 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2012 14:27:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [209.249.190.124] (port=13072 helo=punk.neville-neil.com.neville-neil.com) by vps.hungerhost.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1Sm44h-0003ZF-G7; Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:27:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:28:57 -0400 Message-ID: <86r4ssdil2.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> From: gnn@freebsd.org To: Robert Huff In-Reply-To: <20461.43225.110362.481199@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20461.39520.53750.83802@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <201206291237.q5TCbbb1027897@fire.js.berklix.net> <20461.43225.110362.481199@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI/1.14.6 (Maruoka) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?UTF-8?B?R29qxY0=?=) APEL/10.8 Emacs/23.4 (amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - vps.hungerhost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - neville-neil.com Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for opinions on laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:27:32 -0000 At Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:08:41 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > > Julian H. Stacey writes: > > > > I have the opportunity to get a (refurbished) Lenovo G570 (Core > > > i5, 2x2.4 ghz) for what seems like a very good price. > > > Does anyone have experience with a) this model, b) the G > > > series, or c) Lenovo laptops generally that would bear on my > > > decision? > > > > http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/index.html?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=13089 > > Interesting. > Thanks, > I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad X220. The ThinkPads have always done well with open source operating systems, including FreeBSD. The things to watch out for are: 1) What wireless chip do they use? Even within the same model they can switch wireless chips. 2) What video chip is used. This is an endless source of problems for open source systems. I've rarely had problems with other components, but I will say that I never use sound on my laptop so that is an area where I don't have any experience. Best, George