> I want to buy a new laptop and want to run OpenBSD on it. So I think > my best choice is to buy a laptop without Intel wifi chipset and > -with- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator. (GMA is supported well > according to the FSF.) But the number of laptops with this > combination is very limited! What are your experience or tips on > buying a (new*) ThinkPad for OpenBSD. > > *I'm thinking of a R60 or T60. I have no interest in widescreen.
I purchased a T60 (model 1953) with exactly that configuration a few months ago. It works great with OpenBSD. As you mentioned, it has an XGA display (no wide-screen) and Intel GMA 950 graphics chipset. I initially made the mistake of getting the "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe" wireless card, but that Atheros-based card is not currently supported by OpenBSD because it uses the AR5424 chipset. So I had to replace it with an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card--which is what I should have gotten in the first place. So, I think you are making EXACTLY the correct decisions. The model you are describing is the perfect OpenBSD laptop, and it's currently available brand new on the Lenovo website.
