Lenovo lappys

[Dan C]

Due to the recent death of a Dell laptop, I'm window-shopping for a new
one (NOT a Dell), and am leaning towards the Lenovo brand. I seem to
recall some good reports in here about them in regards to Slackware.

The "Thinkpad" seems to be the model of choice. I'm looking for a 15.6"
screen model, with good-to-excellent specs, preferably Nvidia video,
wireless a must. Any experience with recent Thinkpads? There are also
other models of Lenovo that look promising. If you have any knowledge of
compatibility (or lack thereof) on any of these, please share.

Thanks.

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[Maso Christ]

On Aug 28, 1:09 am, Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote:
> Due to the recent death of a Dell laptop, I'm window-shopping for a
new
> one (NOT a Dell), and am leaning towards the Lenovo brand. I seem to
> recall some good reports in here about them in regards to Slackware.
>
> The "Thinkpad" seems to be the model of choice. I'm looking for a
15.6"
> screen model, with good-to-excellent specs, preferably Nvidia video,
> wireless a must. Any experience with recent Thinkpads? There are
also
> other models of Lenovo that look promising. If you have any
knowledge of
> compatibility (or lack thereof) on any of these, please share.

What a stupid question, fuck off and die

[Bud]

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>
> What a stupid question, fuck off and die

Ouch! Yeah, have seen many looking for the IBM made ones but
apparanty the Chinese were making them in the first place so they
seem to have kept up with the older IBM specs. If you are not
looking for a new one, try craigslist.

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Bud

[Dan C]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:20:09 -0400, johnny bobby bee wrote:

> On 08/27/2010 08:09 PM, Dan C wrote:
>> The "Thinkpad" seems to be the model of choice. I'm looking for a
>> 15.6" screen model, with good-to-excellent specs, preferably Nvidia
>> video, wireless a must. Any experience with recent Thinkpads? There
>> are also other models of Lenovo that look promising. If you have any
>> knowledge of compatibility (or lack thereof) on any of these, please
>> share.
>

> The thinkpad series changes so frequently it's difficult to keep track.
> Over the years I've had 3 or 4 thinkpads and a couple friends that I've
> installed Linux on their thinkpads. No problems. An R-series, X-series,
> T-series.
>
> Although, I always get the Intel video/wireless chipsets.
>
> I've never had a problem with any of these. Most worked right out of the
> box, the one that didn't, it was always a simple fix. They've been
> solid. Had one over 7 years.
>
>> (followups set to A.O.L.S.)
>
> I don't subscribe to a.o.l.s. In case you have further questions.

Thanks for that info. Seems to be the general consensus that these are
good solid machines. Just need to decide now which model to get... :)

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