Hi, I have a brad new T420s (the same laptop, but with smaller screen) that arrived today.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:49, Yedidyah Bar-David <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi all, > > I am considering ordering a Lenovo Thinkpad T520, and have the following > questions. I intend to use it with Debian, can go with Ubuntu if it makes > a difference. > > 1. It has "Integrated Mobile Broadband" and an optional "Gobi 3000". > Will they work in Israel? Am I limited to specific suppliers? Is there > a reason for the extra $125 for a Gobi 3000, assuming I'll use it only > in Israel? A salesman now told me that it's not integrated but I have > to buy some Erricsson modem (part number 0a36186). > The cellular modem works well for me. I entered the SIM and connected it and it worked. I still haven't install Linux on it, but with the Windows version it does work. > > 2. It has a "Thinkpad b/g/n" Integrated WiFi and few optional extras. > Is there a reason to pay for for one of the options, assuming I do > not have extreme needs of either bad reception or high bandwidth? > Will any of them work better in linux? FWIW, I currently have a T42 > with its integrated 2200BG which basically works well, but recently > I did not manage to connect to few networks - IIRC I saw somewhere it's > a (fixed) bug in the dhcp client but I did not bother debugging. > Will answer it later on. > > I already searched a bit the net, so I'd like mainly advices from people > who actually have one (or similar) and real experience. > > Thanks, > -- > Didi > Ido > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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