[ltp] X60 - (bad) experience, others?

[Atul Chitnis]

There are two types of X60 models, identified by their model numbers.

The 1706 X60 (which I suspect you have) is the high speed CPU, battery 
draining version. I had one of those for a brief while, and everything you 
described has been my experience as well.

The 1702 x60s model uses a slightly lower speed, extremely low power CPU 
and supporting chipset. I get upto 7 hours out of the extended battery (I 
don't have a normal battery to compare), it runs quite cool, and is 
marginally lighter. A joy to use.

The 3945 issues apply to both. But then I use Fedora with standard kernels 
from the distro repositories, so I haven't faced any issues on that front 
- things work more or less out of the box. I do prefer atrpm.net's ipw3945 
drivers for similar reasons that you have stated - but then those are also 
just a yum install away for me.

For the record, the model I have is the 1702-4EA, the room heater I had 
for a brief while was the 1706-7FA.

Atul


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