On Tuesday 22 December 2009 04:57:55 STeve Andre' wrote: > On Monday 21 December 2009 22:48:45 James Hozier wrote: > > This will be my first purchase that is focused primarily on having only > > OpenBSD on it and nothing else to be used as a main workstation. The > > budget is around $900 or so. I'm looking for something with quality parts > > and probably have everything supported and compatible with OpenBSD > > straight out of the box (like the graphics/sound, wireless card, etc.) > > > > I've heard that most developers use Thinkpads. Which model would be a > > good suggestion? > > A problem is that $900 isn't going to get you a thinkpad and a multi-year > warranty. If you stay away from nvidia video, just about all the thinkpads > are going to work with the ooccaisonal exception of the wireless card, and > I'm not sure that hasn't shrunk a bunch, the ones that don't work. My W500 > runs OpenBSD wonderfully. > > Looking at the Lenovo site I see a T500 with a 15" screen with *led* back > light, 160G disk 2.4G core two something, intel wifi and intel graphics > for $849. I don't know the status of the Intel graphics card, but you > could get that, except it has a 1 year warranty. There are discounts > if you can get it through an educational organization, etc. > > --STeve Andre'
If you get a Thinkpad stay clear of the SL300. It's cheap crap.
