[ltp] Please help me pick out my next thinkpad

[Tor Håkon Haugen]

Oh, forgot. All the other stuff workes out of the box. At least with
Ubuntu Hardy (8.04). Bluetooth, docking station, usb, 3D, volume and
Fn-Keys.

 Tor H. Haugen

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Tor Håkon Haugen
<tor.hakon.haugen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just got myself a X61.
> Hibernate and suspention works fine after I removed the splash screen
> from the boot process. Don't know why, but it had a bad habbit of
> freezing during resume.
>
> The wireless on the other hand is a differend story. As far as I
> understand there is some new drivers under development which aren't as
> stable as one might have hoped for. I myself have the Intel Wireless
> 3945 which work at home, but not at my parents. In Ubuntu Hardy it
> uses the iwl3945 module, as the ipw3945 is obsolete. These problems
> also affects Intel Wireless 4965 as far as I know.
>
> I never had any problems with my X31 and the ipw2100 driver.
>
> I guess you cannot get a ThinkPad X-series without a Intel Wireless
> NIC. But I think and hope that these problems will be fixed shortly.
> And I would gladly recommend the X61.
>
>
>  Tor H. Haugen
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Christos Papadopoulos
> <christos@cs.colostate.edu> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I am in the market for a new thinkpad and need your help.
>>
>> My requirement is a small laptop, so the X-series seems the
>> most likely candidate. So what should I order?
>> In other words, combination of what graphics card, wireless, etc,
>> should I get to ensure the best possible compatibility with
>> Linux? I plan to install either Ubuntu or Fedora.
>>
>> Wireless and suspend/resume MUST work. Multimedia stuff would
>> be nice.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Christos.
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