[ltp] Upgrading from IBM to Lenovo?
Dmitriy Ugnichenko
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 9 Jan 2011 14:38:56 +0200
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BTW, I cant understand,, why you *hate* Intel wifi. On my father's laptop
(it's Dell) there is Intel Wifi. It works perfectly under Linux and Windows.
Now I'm at Lenovo G560, that has some Broadcom BCM4727. And it's not as
good, as Intel (sometimes just hangs up).
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
> * On 2011 08 Jan 11:39 -0600, 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
>
> Indeed.
>
> > 4. Non-intel wifi == Atheros, which is good but not stellar yet
>
> I don't know about Intel Wifi, but I've been using Atheros for over 6
> years (started back in the MadWifi days) and a few years ago switched to
> the kernel's ath5k with nary an issue. Atheros is rock-solid.
>
> - Nate >>
>
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Dmitriy.
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BTW, I cant understand,, why you *hate* Intel wifi. On my father's lapt=
op (it's Dell) there is Intel Wifi. It works perfectly under Linux and =
Windows. Now I'm at Lenovo G560, that has some Broadcom BCM4727. =C2=A0=
And it's not as good, as Intel (sometimes just hangs up).<br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Nate Bargma=
nn <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:n0nb@n0nb.us">n0nb@n0nb.us</a>&g=
t;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class=3D"im">* On 2011 08 Jan 11:39 -0600, Steven J. Owens wrote:<br>
> In digging through the archives, I came across a post in march, 2008:<=
br>
><br>
> <a href=3D"http://old.nabble.com/What-to-take-care-of-when-buying-a-Le=
novo--td15920784i20.html#a15944507" target=3D"_blank">http://old.nabble.com=
/What-to-take-care-of-when-buying-a-Lenovo--td15920784i20.html#a15944507</a=
><br>
><br>
> The post recommended:<br>
><br>
> 1. Prefer ATI over nVidia on the GPU<br>
<br>
</div>Indeed.<br>
<div class=3D"im"><br>
> 4. Non-intel wifi =3D=3D Atheros, which is good but not stellar yet<br=
>
<br>
</div>I don't know about Intel Wifi, but I've been using Atheros fo=
r over 6<br>
years (started back in the MadWifi days) and a few years ago switched to<br=
>
the kernel's ath5k with nary an issue. =C2=A0Atheros is rock-solid.<br>
<br>
- Nate >><br>
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rget=3D"_blank">http://n0nb.us/index.html</a><br>
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