I purchased a Lenovo u150. Every device other than bluetooth work great in OpenBSD 4.8 and higher. Even the webcam works for video chat. Great little laptop that is 64bit capable, small, better screen resolution than the older thinkpads, and cheap
Nick On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 16:20, Clint Pachl <pa...@ecentryx.com> wrote: > STeve Andre' wrote: > >> On 04/15/11 19:03, Paul M wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> It's time for a new OpenBSD laptop, and I have a couple of questions. >>> >>> Note that I dont want to spend money on performance I dont need, but I do >>> want to spend money on a decent quality machine. >>> >>> First, finding quality machines in the backwoods where I live is really >>> hard. The shops seem full of rubbish. Various retailers suggest either >>> Toshiba or Asus. Does anybody have any comments on these brands in general? >>> I'll admit to a psychological block against Toshiba, but I have no idea >>> where it came from, it could be completely bogus. >>> >>> Second, One I've found which seems a good fit is the Toshiba Satellite >>> Pro C650 (with the celeron cpu, not the i3). Anybody using one of these with >>> OpenBSD? >>> I stuck a 4.8 release CD in, and the dmesg indicated problems with these >>> devices (sorry for the vagueness, I was scribbling down stuff in the store. >>> I can get better info if it's required)- >>> Intel GM45 >>> Attansic something - 0x2060 - the 10/100 wired ethernet >>> SMBus >>> ehci1 timed out waiting for bios >>> There was also a message at the end that suggested that wd1 was not >>> available. >>> Anybody know how things have improved with these devices since 4.8, and >>> which are showstoppers? >>> >>> The camera and audio also appeared to have limited or no support, but I >>> dont care about those. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for any input >>> paulm >>> >> >> Definitely use a 4.9-current CD. New things are supported all the time, >> so go >> with the best version of OpenBSD. >> >> I get hornswoggled all too often in helping folks with their laptops, and >> I'm really >> saddened with the quality of the hardware, overall. The Lenovo ThinkPads >> (NOT >> the other brands that Lenovo has) have consistently been the best laptops >> out >> there, in terms of quality, serviceability, and life-span. The $400 >> laptop can be >> considered a throwaway unit. Few of the "bargin" laptops friends bought >> in 2009 >> are working today. >> >> If you look at the Lenovo site you'll see the T series. A T420i is $799 >> with a 1 >> year warranty. Thats more money than a $499 laptop, but it is likely to >> work >> several years from now. >> >> --STeve Andre' >> >> I second the Thinkpads. > > I recently upgraded from a T22 to a T61 (Core2 Duo, 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM). It > cost me about 400 USD for the like-new laptop, docking station, and a brand > new 8GB SSD (all on Ebay). All I had to do was replace the CPU fan and > install the SSD. I run amd64 -current. All the relevant hardware works very > well. I run cwm(1), xterm, tmux, Gimp, Chromium, Firefox, Seamonkey-Mail. > It's a very fast system, way more computer than I need and will last me many > years, as my T22 did. > > -- Nicholas Schmidt oneguyn...@gmail.com P: 661.724.6438
