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Date:      Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:01:06 -0700
From:      Steven Schlansker <stevenschlansker@berkeley.edu>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Lenovo Thinkpad t61p and FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <1FB60F2E-FB30-4118-B5A7-9A818AFF201F@berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20080603122218.GA69827@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
References:  <18501.12329.638264.761303@cs.wpi.edu> <20080603122218.GA69827@eos.sc1.parodius.com>

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On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:22 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 07:51:05AM -0400, Michael C Voorhis wrote:
>>
>
>> ... and if anyone has comments about the hardware in general.
>
> Based on my experiences with my workplace-provided T60p, it's safe to
> say I'll never recommend a Lenovo product.  The temperatures of these
> laptops are absolutely insane, supported by an incredibly loud fan.   
> I'm
> not interested in a product that can have a GPU reaching  
> temperatures of
> almost 70C **while idling**.

Interesting, I've had almost the opposite experience.  I have the T61p  
with the NVIDIA Quadro card.  If I run a game, the video card becomes  
almost too hot to have on my lap rather quickly (I just put it on a  
magazine or something and it's fine), but if it's idle the temperature  
is totally comfortable on my lap.  It also takes only about 5 minutes  
to cool off.  The fan is almost silent.  Perhaps they fixed the issues  
you describe with the revision?



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