On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 1:52 AM, James Hozier <guitars...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm buying a new laptop specifically for OpenBSD but I want to make sure > everything is compatible first. Has anyone ever purchased the > ThinkPad T410? > > CPU: Intel Core i7-620M Processor (2.66GHz, 4MB L3, 1066MHz FSB)
I have a Dell Studio 1558 with Core i5: [...] cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz, 2394.46 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR,NXE,LONG cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache cpu0: apic clock running at 132MHz [...] cpu0: unknown i686 model 0x25, can't get bus clock cpu0: EST: PSS not yet available for this processor It works just fine, but the speedstep is not supported (yet) and after few minutes of use the fan starts spinning. > Screen: 14.1 WXGA+ TFT, w/ LED Backlight (WWAN antenna) > Graphics (avoiding nVidia): Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD - AMT Don't be so sure about Intel graphics, I have been said not all of the GMA types are supported (I think intel(4) is your friend, here). > RAM: 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) > HDD: 128 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA > DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim (Serial ATA) > Wireless: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (3x3 AGN) Mine is a iwn0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200" rev 0x35: apic 2 int 17 (irq 7), MIMO 2T2R, MoW, address 00:23:14:13:b8:00 and works fine. No "N" speed for now. > My main concerns are compatibility issues with wireless (I'll probably > just use G, not N). I'm pretty sure Intel as the graphics is fine and I > think I've heard OpenBSD has SSD support. Everything else should basically > be good, right? As someone suggested, if you can try out a simple usb boot, before purchase, by all means do. HTH. Ciao, D.
