[ltp] What to take care of when buying a Lenovo?

[Michael B Allen]

On 3/9/08, Petr Praus <p.praus@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's just one problem with Intel GPUs: It's very difficult to buy
>  recent ThinkPad (*61) with WSXGA (1680x1050) non-glossy display and
>  Intel GPU (not to mention T61p with 1920x1200).

I'm not sure what you mean by "non-glossy" but just got a T61 WSXGA+
w/ an Intel GPU.

Mike

> So unfortunately, I'm
>  stuck with nV Quadro 140M :/ in my R61. Fortunately Suspend-to-RAM
>  works almost flawlessly, only issue is power comsumption (I can't get
>  it under 16-17W).
>
>  Peter
>
>
>  On 3/9/08, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
>  > On Sat, 08 Mar 2008, Tobi wrote:
>  >  > Is there anything I should take care of, when buying a Lenovo notebook
>  >  > for Linux? Any trouble with specific hardware components, unsupported
>  >  > features or missing drivers? Any trouble running a 64-bit Linux?
>  >
>  >
>  > Speaking as one of the people who look at ThinkPads *very* closely from a
>  >  kernel point of view:
>  >
>  >  1. Prefer ATI over nVidia on the GPU, at least for the next three years.
>  >    We should press nVidia to release docs, like ATI is now doing.
>  >
>  >  2. Prefer Intel over anything on the GPU if your needs have extreme 3D
>  >    performance anywhere below "required".  It will work better than ATI,
>  >    extremely better than nVidia, and it will save a LOT of power over
>  >    ATI and nVidia.  Buying Intel GPUs and WiFi is a "vote with your wallet"
>  >    issue, as they provide *FAR* better support, documentation and resources
>  >    for open drivers than ATI (some docs, getting better) and nVidia (no help
>  >    whatsoever).
>  >
>  >  3. Get one with the better FlexView-like displays, non-glossy.  It is worth
>  >    every cent.
>  >
>  >  4. Non-Intel WiFi in Lenovos means Atheros radios, which are good, but the
>  >    open Atheros driver is not anywhere close to stelar quality yet (and the
>  >    madwifi driver with that binary-only HAL is a nightmare).
>  >
>  >    Unfortunately right now the drivers for new Intel WiFi are not stable
>  >    yet, but they should get there in less than one year.
>  >
>  >    Again, it is a vote with your wallet issue.  I'd buy Intel, at least they
>  >    are writing the open driver for their hardware, unlike Atheros, which
>  >    won't give documentation, let alone open drivers.
>  >
>  >    Intel 4965 doesn't do 802.11b, but it does 802.11n (I don't know which
>  >    pre-release version of 802.11n, though).

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