Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 23:38:48 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking at an IBM ThinkPad T41 Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20040609232323.03d59e50@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <40C742B2.11804.536E24B1@localhost> References: <40C742B2.11804.536E24B1@localhost>
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At 22:02 09/06/2004, Dan Langille wrote: >Hi folks, > >On Friday, I'll be looking at an IBM ThinkPad T41, 1.4GHZ, 256 ram, >30GB drive, modem, lan, dvd player, cd burner, Intel PRO/Wireless >Network Connection 802.11b, Integrated Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit >Ethernet, 1yr warranty, Windows XP Pro (which I'll leave on, and dual >boot). Sounds identical to this one, which dual boots XP and 5.2.1, except that I added an extra 512M of RAM. You'll have fun freeing up space for a FreeBSD partition - I booted the CD, deleted the XP partition, created the partitions I wanted, then quit and ran the Windows restore from the BIOS setup to reload the preinstall from the hidden restore partition on the HDD. If it's open-box you'll probably want to reload the preinstall anyway. See http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=307 for other essential info. I've had this T41 for 3 months and I'm really impressed. It replaced a TP600E which had served me well for 5 years. >Price: CAD$1720 (that's about US$1300) > >It's open-box (meaning it's been to a customer, and returned within 7 >days). > >If it's anything like the T22 I had, I'm sure I'll love it. > >One thing mentioned to me on IRC: load the system see if the fan goes >on, then unload, and see if the fan goes off. Perhaps this was for >the T40's but I'm not sure. > >When I visit the shop, I'll be taking my FreeSBIE CD with me. > >cheers >-- >Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ >BSDCan - http://www.bsdcan.org/ > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254
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