you think thats funny, some of the HP "click to upgrade" wifi cards aren't on the whitelist. when you call them, HP Support says "Tough luck."
On 2008 Jun 16 (Mon) at 13:18:20 -0700 (-0700), Jon wrote: :HP does it too. Isn't this illegal (o;?"anti-competitive" etc) in some :countries? : : :On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 12:53 -0600, Brad Walker wrote: : :> On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 14:33 -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: :> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 05:05:12PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: :> > > On 2008-06-16, Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :> > > > Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: :> > > >> I'm curious as to the 'modal' laptop that the developers use - :> > > >> that would probably be a good steer for what to buy. :> > > :> > > X and T thinkpads are in the majority. There are a lot of :> > > trade-offs between different models though, you'll have to do :> > > some research to work out what's good for you. :> > :> > I purchased a X40 for travel to and work at c2k8. The only problem I :> > had was with the iwi(4), which doesn't resume properly. I replaced it :> > with a mini-pci ral(4) that resumed fine. But the ral(4) had issues :> > with hostap mode. jsg@ fixed that shortly into the hackathon. :> :> FYI, newer Thinkpads have mini-pci cards whitelisted in the BIOS. One :> can't install a ral(4) in them without hacking the BIOS (not :> recommended). :> :> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card :> :> Brad Walker : -- Being stoned on marijuana isn't very different from being stoned on gin. -- Ralph Nader
