One other not regarding the docking station- it comes with its own power supply!
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Mark Ellison <elli...@ieee.org> wrote: > I will chime in on this topic. In the last few months I've purchased a > Lenovo W500 and a T500, a docking station and external monitor as well as a > Lenovo M57 desktop that I run headless as a Fedora 11 development platform. > I connect to the M57 using tightvnc. The W50 also runs Fedora 11 like a > champ with full wireless capabilities. I assume the T500 also supports > linux very well, but we have kept the T500 as a windows only machine. > > What Greg said about screen resolution is correct WRT to the laptop LCD but > both T500 and W500 support 1920 x 1080 on external monitors that are capable > of this resolution. > > The 'switchable graphics', a feature that is on both models allows you to > use the integrated graphics controller when on battery to save juice and > allows you to use the discrete graphics controller for high performance when > plugged in. The discrete graphics controller will handle 4 screens including > the laptop LCD as an extended desktop (four portions of one huge screen), or > you can duplicate screen contents if you prefer. FYI to switch between > graphics modes, right click on the battery icon in the system tray to get > the context menu. > > I purchased a wireless keyboard and mouse but find I prefer using the > laptop keyboard and a bluetooth mouse (so get the bluetooth option). We > also use the integrated camera for skype video calls and use the fingerprint > reader instead of typing in passwords. > > Like Greg suggested, two docking stations are a good idea- one for home and > one for the office. There are four USB connectors on the docking station so > you can add disk storage this way. There are also a variety of monitor > connectors on the docking station as well and of course there is an ethernet > connector and just in case someone somewhere really needs it, a modem > connector. > > Regards, > > Mark > http://EllisonSoftware.com > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:26 PM, John Abreau <j...@blu.org> wrote: > >> I just bought a couple Thinkpads for a couple of our engineers, >> and one thing I ran into was a difference in supported screen >> resolutions. The T500 is 1680x1050, with no other options, >> whereas the W500 is available as either 1680x1050 or 1900x1200. >> >> My engineers explicitly asked for 1900x1200, so we went with >> W500's. >> >> For your requirements, if you'll be using it both at home and at >> the office, I'd suggest getting two docking stations, one for >> each location. That will save you the trouble of fiddling with a >> bunch of cables when arriving at or departing from each location. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Greg Rundlett >> (freephile)<g...@freephile.com> wrote: >> > Moving to a new employment position, I'm once again faced with >> > purchasing some computer equipment. I'm wondering what hardware, >> > software and combination people like the best for working seamlessly >> > in the office AND home office environment. I'm not really a traveller >> > - so I don't have to do the 'road warrior' thing. However, I do want >> > to be able to work in multiple locations. >> > >> > I was going to buy a notebook (Lenovo T500 ~ $1200) with docking >> > station ($200) plus keyboard and monitor ($400), but I'm wondering >> > what other people think. >> > >> > Does anyone just use a desktop, with screen plus sshfs? >> > >> > Does anyone just use an external USB drive + using synchronization >> software? >> > >> > Does anyone just use a service like Dropbox? >> > >> > Obviously without the notebook to move around, you have to maintain >> > applications and even the OS on multiple hardware. I think the >> > notebook gives the best flexibility + power + least effort, but I'm >> > just wondering what other people's experience is. >> > >> > -- >> > Greg Rundlett >> > >> > nbpt 978-225-8302 >> > m. 978-764-4424 >> > -skype/aim/irc/twitter freephile >> > http://profiles.aim.com/freephile >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix >> AIM abreauj / JABBER j...@jabber.blu.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE >> zusa_it_mgr >> Email j...@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 >> PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> > > >
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