[ltp] Upgrading from IBM to Lenovo?

[Robert Tomsick]

On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 12:37 -0500, Steven J. Owens wrote:
> In digging through the archives, I came across a post in march, 2008:
> 
> http://old.nabble.com/What-to-take-care-of-when-buying-a-
> Lenovo--td15920784i20.html#a15944507
> 
> The post recommended:
> 
> 1. Prefer ATI over nVidia on the GPU
> 2. Prefer Intel over anything on the GPU if you don't _need_ extreme 3D performance
>    and get Intel wifi
> 3. Get the better Flexview-like display
> 4. Non-intel wifi == Atheros, which is good but not stellar yet
> 
> Do these recommendations still make sense?

Sort of:

1/2) Intel is still the undisputed king of open graphics support.  Last
I heard, Optimus *really* didn't play well with Linux (although I have
absolutely no experience with it.)

3) FlexView is no longer an option (TN panels are your only choice.)

4) Atheros support is pretty solid, but given that on new models you can
almost always upgrade to Intel WLAN for free, there's not much point.
I'm not even sure if Lenovo offers Atheros cards any more.

Cheers,
Rob