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Date:      Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:00:11 -0400
From:      "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anyone using thinkpad R series?
Message-ID:  <1158721211.887.3.camel@RabbitsDen>
In-Reply-To: <450F2E65.8010608@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <450F137F.6060000@dougbarton.us> <20060918224704.GB20647@rambler-co.ru> <450F2E65.8010608@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 16:40 -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:45:35PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> >> Still poking around the laptop issue, and I'm wondering if anyone has
> >> experience (good, bad, ugly) with the thinkpad R series. Specifically
> >> I'm looking at the R60 atm. The problem I'm having is to find the
> >> right combination of features. I don't really want a wide screen,
> >> which rules out the Z series. The T series doesn't have any compatible
> >> combinations of fast processors and non-ATI x1nnn cards (which I
> >> understand are badly/not supported in X). The X series are nice, but I
> >> don't think I could live with the tiny screen, and I really want the
> >> faster processor.
> >>
> >> That leaves the R series, but I don't really recall too many people
> >> posting about them, so I can't help wondering if there is something
> >> fundamentally wrong here.
> >>
> > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/
> > 
> > It has some R series listed.
> 
> Yeah, older models though, I was hoping for something more recent.
> Still, nice to see it's not hopeless. :)
> 
> Doug
> 
One useful data point -- as of two weeks ago, if ordering directly from
Lenovo, on X60 (and possibly on others), one had an option of choosing
"CTO TP WIFI WIRELESS", part #41A4070, which is Atheros wireless card.

-- 
Alexandre Kovalenko (Олександр Коваленко)




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