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

[Brad Langhorst]

On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 00:57 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008, Brad Langhorst wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 23:11 +0100, Tobi wrote:
> > > Michael Gaber wrote:
> > > > you could get and purchase additional ram yourself, which is way cheaper
> > > > then the prices lenovo charges
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the hint! I think I will also buy the HDD somewhere else.
> > 
> > watch out if you want the motion-sensitive head parking features... that
> > only works with specific firmwares.
> 
> You CAN get an HD with native APS, which needs no help from the host to park
> its heads.

That sounds vastly superior to the os integrated type... might just get
one of those to avoid the hassle of patching the kernel with invasive
code to freeze io.


brad