[Techtalk] thinkpad opinions wanted
Michelle M
michelle at murrain.net
Mon Sep 3 18:52:18 UTC 2007
Carla Schroder wrote:
> hey all,
>
> I have a nice older Thinkpad R32 that is a great little machine. Its only flaw
> is the screen is not as bright as I want, so I'm thinking of getting a newer
> Thinkpad. I like the 14" screen size because that is perfect for bed or
> sitting on the couch. Are the newer ones brighter, like the R61 for one
> example?
Be careful with the R60! They started shipping it with a new wireless
chipset (Atheros) which has a bug in Ubuntu, at least (I think when I
googled it's actually a lack of recent driver, or some such - so it
maybe distro independent.)
See:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/66481
Peace,
Michelle
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