Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:00:11 -0400 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone using thinkpad R series? Message-ID: <1158721211.887.3.camel@RabbitsDen> In-Reply-To: <450F2E65.8010608@FreeBSD.org> References: <450F137F.6060000@dougbarton.us> <20060918224704.GB20647@rambler-co.ru> <450F2E65.8010608@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 16:40 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:45:35PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > >> Still poking around the laptop issue, and I'm wondering if anyone has > >> experience (good, bad, ugly) with the thinkpad R series. Specifically > >> I'm looking at the R60 atm. The problem I'm having is to find the > >> right combination of features. I don't really want a wide screen, > >> which rules out the Z series. The T series doesn't have any compatible > >> combinations of fast processors and non-ATI x1nnn cards (which I > >> understand are badly/not supported in X). The X series are nice, but I > >> don't think I could live with the tiny screen, and I really want the > >> faster processor. > >> > >> That leaves the R series, but I don't really recall too many people > >> posting about them, so I can't help wondering if there is something > >> fundamentally wrong here. > >> > > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ > > > > It has some R series listed. > > Yeah, older models though, I was hoping for something more recent. > Still, nice to see it's not hopeless. :) > > Doug > One useful data point -- as of two weeks ago, if ordering directly from Lenovo, on X60 (and possibly on others), one had an option of choosing "CTO TP WIFI WIRELESS", part #41A4070, which is Atheros wireless card. -- Alexandre Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)
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