Hi I have a R51e and OpenBSD i386 works great on it. I upgraded memory its from 1 to 2gig, but 1gig is plenty.
John On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 08:14:14PM -0400, Thomas Vetere wrote:
Hello everyone, I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in particular is the Thinkpad R51e (2005). I like this particular model because it does not come with any extra hardware that OpenBSD does not support in the first place (bluetooth, camera, etc.) My main concern is the longevity that this model would have going forward. I already have a '94 Thinkpad that cannot run the latest OpenBSD well because hardware support was gradually dropped during code cleanups, etc (i.e. newer versions of X11 removed support for my ancient graphics chip because it just wasn't worth the time to maintain the code). Does anyone know, given the age of that model, how many years I might get out of it with OpenBSD and its packaged software before hardware support starts to drop? What is a good rule of thumb for selecting a machine to run OpenBSD with respect to its age? Thank you for your help!
