[ltp] OSX on T60 ?
Adrian Bastholm
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:56:43 +0200
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Hello,
Does any of You run OSX on a T60, and is it usable in that case?
Live long and prosper,
Adrian B
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) <shot@hot.pl>wrote=
:
> Richard Neill:
>
> > Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote:
>
> >> If only the X6 wasn=E2=80=99t so expensive (especially for a glorified
> >> digital-to-analogue converter=E2=80=A6), or was equpped with a DVI por=
t=E2=80=A6
>
> > Do let us know what you find.
>
> Apologies for an outrageously late reply =E2=80=93 I was extremely busy s=
ince
> April, with my wedding conciding with the end of semester at my uni and
> my honeymoon afterwards; still, I do feel I owe a follow-up to all the
> people who helped me in this thread. If you recall, the problem was with
> my X60 generating =E2=80=98fuzzy=E2=80=99 output to my LCD at higher reso=
lutions (caused
> by lower refresh rates).
>
> I ended up getting a cheap (CD-less) X6, but, not surprisingly, this did
> not fix the problem; the output is the same as with straight connection
> (I=E2=80=99m still happy with the X6, though; it=E2=80=99s hooked to a lo=
wer-res LCD
> now, and it=E2=80=99s great to have the power and monitor hooked to a bas=
e
> rather than reconnect the laptop every time).
>
> Soon afterwards, I got my hands on a X301, happy that it sports
> a DisplayPort and with a DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter I=E2=80=99ll be able =
to
> finally drive my LCD with decent results.
>
> Unfortunately, the Intel driver does not yet support DisplayPort output
> (aaargh=E2=80=A6), but, fortunately, VGA output from X301 is much better =
(and
> less =E2=80=98fuzzy=E2=80=99) than from X60, so I can wait sanely until D=
isplayPort is
> finally supported.
>
> Once again, I=E2=80=99d like to thank everybody who helped me in this thr=
ead!
>
> =E2=80=94 Shot
> --
> Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at a crucial
> moment tended to ask themselves questions like =E2=80=98What is my purpos=
e in
> life?=E2=80=99 very quickly lacked both. [Terry Pratchett, Interesting Ti=
mes]
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V=C3=A4nliga h=C3=A4lsningar / Kind regards,
Adrian Bastholm
I would change the world, but they won't give me the sourcecode
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Hello,<br>Does any of You run OSX on a T60, and is it usable in that case?<=
br><br>Live long and prosper,<br>Adrian B<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"=
>On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:08 AM, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) <span dir=3D"ltr"=
><shot@hot.pl></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Richard Neill:<br=
>
<br>
> Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote:<br>
<br>
>> If only the X6 wasn=E2=80=99t so expensive (especially for a glori=
fied<br>
>> digital-to-analogue converter=E2=80=A6), or was equpped with a DVI=
port=E2=80=A6<br>
<br>
> Do let us know what you find.<br>
<br>
Apologies for an outrageously late reply =E2=80=93 I was extremely busy sin=
ce<br>
April, with my wedding conciding with the end of semester at my uni and<br>
my honeymoon afterwards; still, I do feel I owe a follow-up to all the<br>
people who helped me in this thread. If you recall, the problem was with<br=
>
my X60 generating =E2=80=98fuzzy=E2=80=99 output to my LCD at higher resolu=
tions (caused<br>
by lower refresh rates).<br>
<br>
I ended up getting a cheap (CD-less) X6, but, not surprisingly, this did<br=
>
not fix the problem; the output is the same as with straight connection<br>
(I=E2=80=99m still happy with the X6, though; it=E2=80=99s hooked to a lowe=
r-res LCD<br>
now, and it=E2=80=99s great to have the power and monitor hooked to a base<=
br>
rather than reconnect the laptop every time).<br>
<br>
Soon afterwards, I got my hands on a X301, happy that it sports<br>
a DisplayPort and with a DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter I=E2=80=99ll be able to=
<br>
finally drive my LCD with decent results.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, the Intel driver does not yet support DisplayPort output<br>
(aaargh=E2=80=A6), but, fortunately, VGA output from X301 is much better (a=
nd<br>
less =E2=80=98fuzzy=E2=80=99) than from X60, so I can wait sanely until Dis=
playPort is<br>
finally supported.<br>
<br>
Once again, I=E2=80=99d like to thank everybody who helped me in this threa=
d!<br>
<br>
=E2=80=94 Shot<br>
<font color=3D"#888888">--<br>
Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at a crucial<br>
moment tended to ask themselves questions like =E2=80=98What is my purpose =
in<br>
life?=E2=80=99 very quickly lacked both. [Terry Pratchett, Interesting Time=
s]<br>
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=A4lsningar / Kind regards,<br>Adrian Bastholm<br><br>I would change the wo=
rld, but they won't give me the sourcecode<br>
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