[ltp] In search of the perfect laptop combination

[Neil Weisenfeld]

Just a datapoint.  The IBM firewire PCMCIA adapter consistently locks up
my T40.  No clue why and haven't tried it on Windows.


Neil


On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 10:39, Andrew Biggadike wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 10:34, Steve Krulewitz wrote:
> > Jim, why not go for a Thinkpad T40p?  It does not have firewire, but the new
> > iPod do USB2.  I have a iPod and I use a $25 firewire pccard without a
> > problem, although the custom cable needed for the firewire card does not
> > jive with the custom cable of the new iPods (thankfully I have a PocketDock
> > on order from http://www.sendstation.com/).
> 
> What type of Firewire pccard are you using?  I'm about to buy one so I
> can use my (old) iPod with my T40.  I haven't found anything on the web
> about specific cards being better (or worse) for Linux .. any tips or
> recommendations?  Thanks,
> 
> Andrew