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

Chris Schumann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:44:56 -0500 (CDT)


On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Michael Gaber wrote:

> why is that?
> i think with pae a recent system should be able to use all 4G or even more

The T60 doesn't use PAE. Its chipset is limited to 3GB of program space 
and 1GB for I/O, at least according to Intel and Lenovo.

Chris

>
> Chris Schumann schrieb:
>> oops...
>> 
>>> Tobi wrote:
>> 
>>>> ...I was recommended to take a look at the Lenovo T60 / T61.
>> 
>>>> features or missing drivers? Any trouble running a 64-bit Linux?

>> Keep in mind the T60 will "only" use 3GB of RAM even with a 64-bit OS, but 
>> a T61 can use 4GB but only with a 64-bit OS.