On Friday 19 March 2010 20:52:14 James Hozier wrote: > I'm buying a new laptop specifically for OpenBSD but I want to make sure > everything is compatible first. Has anyone ever purchased the > ThinkPad T410? > > CPU: Intel Core i7-620M Processor (2.66GHz, 4MB L3, 1066MHz FSB) > Screen: 14.1 WXGA+ TFT, w/ LED Backlight (WWAN antenna) > Graphics (avoiding nVidia): Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD - AMT > RAM: 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) > HDD: 128 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA > DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim (Serial ATA) > Wireless: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (3x3 AGN) > > My main concerns are compatibility issues with wireless (I'll probably > just use G, not N). I'm pretty sure Intel as the graphics is fine and I > think I've heard OpenBSD has SSD support. Everything else should basically > be good, right?
http://openbsd.org/i386.html is always your friend in times like this when you are looking for compatibility. The video is the most problematic, but look at http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=118237691812346&w=2 and I think its supported. The wireless card should be under iwn(4). Sound should be HD Audio , azaila(4) which is on my W500 Thinkpad and its great. I don't think N mode is supported, yet on wireless. I'm not terribly happy with SSDs yet; some of the earlier units are zappable with 100-400MHz RF--I've seen it. Remember that 640G disks are $100 at newegg right now. SSD disks look like sata beasts, and just work, at least they did for me. But they're going to win out soon enough. --STeve Andre' (OpenBSD thinkpad user since 2001)
