[ltp] X200 ... opinions

Volker Krueger linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:15:04 +0100


Hi Glenn,

I am in general quite happy, too.

It seems that the X200s uses less power than the X200.
people say that the wireless card IWL5300 is considerably better than
the IWL5100.

I have an X200s with a 1400x900 pixels. I am happy about the high
resolution.

best,
Volker


Glenn Becker wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am eager to upgrade from my 8 year old lappie and have cast
> interested eyes on the X200 ThinkPad. I'd be interested in reading
> about experience(s) getting Linux running thereon.
>
> FWIW my current laptop is running Slackware and Debian GNU/Linux,
> WinXP (bleah), OpenBSD, and Plan9. It'd be nice to be able to get all
> of these set up on a new machine but as I am a bit of an OS
> dilettante/hobbyist I guess it isn't really ... a dealbreaker if I
> can't. ;^)
>
> If this model and its issues have been covered already, I'd appreciate
> a pointer to the relevant threads. Thanks a bunch!
>
> Regards,
>
> Glenn
>
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