From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 23 06:23:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C928F16A402; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:23:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uwe@laverenz.de) Received: from mo-p00-fb.rzone.de (mo-p00-fb.rzone.de [81.169.146.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 126FA13C481; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from uwe@laverenz.de) Received: from mo-p00-ob.rzone.de (klopstock-mo-p00-ob.mail [192.168.63.66]) by gibbsson-fb-05.store (RZmta 4.7) with ESMTP id 503db4j1MM7lX0 ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:53:19 +0100 (MET) Received: from athena.laverenz.de (p5480FA8F.dip.t-dialin.net [84.128.250.143]) by post.webmailer.de (klopstock mo42) (RZmta 4.7) with ESMTP id C018a9j1MKqNGy ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:51:40 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E22E72D443; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:51:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from athena.laverenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (athena [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08349-04; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:51:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by athena.laverenz.de (Postfix, from userid 2000) id 47910E72D442; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:51:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:51:38 +0100 From: Uwe Laverenz To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070223055138.GA9545@laverenz.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, mobile@freebsd.org References: <45DACA30.8010107@freebsd.org> <45DB2DB5.8080409@lovetemple.net> <45DD62B8.5060903@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45DD62B8.5060903@freebsd.org> Organization: private site Sender: uwe@laverenz.de User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at laverenz.de X-RZG-AUTH: l30WrtbrzmfyRJtZ7/TtK2qIdZIgjE9K4Q55TXGhenj8TX5ShWTsXpHkhxPyg7xEWA== X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Cc: Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations for 6.x 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: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:23:58 -0000 On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:30:32AM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > The T42 is quite old. I imagine the technology's moved on a little bit > (lighter, faster, etc). And separate wireless cards mean more tech to > carry around, get lost, etc. The T41/42 have several advantages in general and especially for FreeBSD users: - spare parts are easily available, it is no problem to buy a mini PCI card with atheros chipset from IBM/Lenovo - the T41/42 hardware is completely supported by FreeBSD, which is not the case for the X60/T60 models (wireless, sound) - they are quiet, which is not the case for the slightly newer T43/T43p, that would also be a good choice otherwise > "good choice of model" is the key. What T or X series ThinkPad would you > recommend that works well with FreeBSD? I have T41 and a T43p and I won't switch to a T60 as long as it's not fully supported by FreeBSD. my 2 cents :) bye, Uwe