On Thursday 11 May 2006 19:22, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > Karsten McMinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > z60t here. as mentioned earlier no support for the intel HD audio, upek > > bio, acpi, > > atherors 5212, intel wifi, Ricoh 5C552 firewire, 5C822 SD reader or the > > 915GM. > > Needless to say i multiboot -current with debian. and yes, debian is a > > pita. All > > that aside, the IBM/Lenovo is still the best looking laptop I've ever > > held. > > Why does everyone have to post on here a message that says: > > 1. Most of the devices on my IBM laptop are completely unsupported > 2. I love my IBM laptop!! > > I always run across cheap/free/lying around dell laptops that work great. > The sound works, the wireless might work, and suspend usually works. Right > now I have a dell latitude c400, they're on ebay for $300, the thing weighs > 2.5 pounds, it's very small. And it has the dell tri-metal case that's > very nice (i assume the ibm design are one of the strong attractors, dell > actually had a nice looking laptop with the c400, unlike ANY of their > current line-up) > > Pretty much any older dell that I try is very well supported, for what > it's worth. And while their hardware support doesn't last long (unless it > was covered by a 3 year warranty or such), they do post detailed assembly/ > disassembly manuals and the motherboards and such are easy to find.
Keep in mind Chris that its the latest ThinkPads that have lots of stuff that doesn't yet work. I think I'd rather have a T60 which doesn't entirely work rather than some Dell thing that I know I'm going to have to do open-heart surgery on to fix it. Yes, you're right, parts are available for Dell's and the manuals are there, but I really like my better built ThinkPad. And it has a better screen and keyboard. Having worked inside several different brands in the last couple of years, I prefer ThinkPads. --STeve Andre'
