From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 8 20:07:34 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBFCFB70F37 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 20:07:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-wm0-x230.google.com (mail-wm0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83B2B128B for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 20:07:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: by mail-wm0-x230.google.com with SMTP id v199so79038364wmv.0 for ; Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:07:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=brianwhalen-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to; bh=XxljCWl+X1J+opjxvRbVOEVih/nfJUKYO4mAsF9zMsw=; b=wmZA7H1mk5T8p0fBku0+UEAqT6k4oNi7MbpYNTwnn9meZAFIU5ZTC2+g/IxjcddiRr fo/zD2+TpasFE1WEPNcy8h3VaDMPpytMXDxrcv5UpDfSdcBLlrG8OBYUANvZOa9rV4c2 eCTh3k7BCWDlV/LfwNaAeDkIe43jDsZnpgRCJ8INfZMu0NUAfaq6lksa5YtbkDaK94Qi od3O9IpgnThsxWEFOolri7EYJpOwPRyjA37de1biThXnmsHaNJhqLK3TREwknvT6t/26 SGgFLOxttY5tRo0MsSSCYggDAWi6rwLWZr8JwqrLOKYOkor5lpR9smKQcBGVSjF8W1ad HKiA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=XxljCWl+X1J+opjxvRbVOEVih/nfJUKYO4mAsF9zMsw=; b=O01/jL7lYlmt+zvqxsvN9ZRmTLgwABVjjdhJ0IptjCiR2xYF8YpUL3n1kk+JLKYypG x8gfI9yQvQCXAnLD3bgHiLVgBKU/ytytb78CVhdPSSZex3AXmUeb3XKKgWbn40IX83TT k4RTc+XDa8VmZhrNkn2uUK2RSDbJSGyd64vTXh81njMUay7L0UXL54mA+0kMCPlaYdSe X73/ID3XB8c2qrML4H3Xi4xmRzrUCsJ+g/6cheXvm91beZRPstj+AY8sFTvWkib6Tl/i GanO99MONf196ShxNZTKMxfi/Dy+6gr+FkFKPjXC7UbE35D1btM84+GI65aONBW5/iUg +kXA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJtftRjZWnplyqw4vxp5JIKmT4wcAi6QhxCjBcU8p5OPEfK/2xT5NkNJ7FJXXhKYUvH17SoVa1vSm/N1w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.119.233 with SMTP id kx9mr6418488wjb.87.1465416452315; Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:07:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.28.46.215 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 13:07:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2600:1012:b11c:525b:c899:db3d:eb0e:eb21] Received: by 10.28.46.215 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Jun 2016 13:07:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 13:07:32 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: advice for buying a laptop From: "Brian W." To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:07:35 -0000 Any of the Lenovos with ThinkPad branding have a very good keyboard. They are often very non windows OS compatible and a fine choice. Brian On Jun 8, 2016 10:39 AM, "Christian Baer" wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hey guy and gals! :-) > > For most of my life I have lived quite happily without a mobile computer > (as in a laptop). I do own an 8" Android tablet which to me is more like > a phone than anything else. It's not really good for writing longer text > s. > > The future has it in for me in that I will traveling a fair bit among > other things for my sports club. Because I need a computer on these > trips I intend to buy a laptop within the next 6 weeks or so. > > It may be that I am strange, but I actually like the older T-Series by > IBM or Lenovo much more than most newer machines. They have great > keyboards and the machines themselves are hard to break. They are just > built well. There is a store near where I live where they sell > refurbished Laptops and they have a whole bunch of T520s there - which > is exactly the model I am currently looking at. Since I am buying this > with my own money, I don't mind spending a little less. :-) > > I don't care about gaming performance. That's not what I need it for. > Most of my work will include writing (probably 80% TeX, lots of emails, > some letters). There will be some work done specifically for my sports > club (which requires special Windows software) - and yes, I will try to > get it to run with wine. :-) There will be some Firefoxing and some > video watching while I am on the train. This is the basic usage profile. > > I will be running a dual-boot system with Windows (hopefully 7) and I > also want to run FreeBSD. This is where you guys come in. Laptops often > contain evil hardware which will not work too well with Linux, BSD and > the like because of missing or broken drivers. Will this be a concern > with the T520? Even if the work I do would be possible in theory, I do > not plan on working through a frame buffer! > > Here is some info about the laptop: > https://support.lenovo.com/de/en/documents/pd015761 > > Do you think that this machine will work well with FreeBSD on it? Is > there some other machine I should take a look at? While looking around, > I noticed the T520 and liked it (because I have used it before), but I > don't know every model out there and thus I am open to suggestions. > > Thanks for your input and advice! > > Best regards, > Chris > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > > iL4EAREKAGYFAldYVh1fFIAAAAAALgAoaXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3Bl > bnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDgzRDQzNjY2NUYzMDVBMTYxMDY0ODYwNzMy > MDIxMzQyODdFMUJGQjIACgkQMgITQofhv7J2gQD/U6qMTy/BTOjgJQQrYRt42AtG > JXcPR5yH/SbprT5GgGYBAJFHSrvcu1WAJfpNx7Oq71JyGq/O3PCETF3++oZ0BMLD > =ha3t > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >