On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 06:51:41PM +0200, enrike wrote: > >> You might want to take a look at those new lenovo Thinkpads, especially >> the X series. >> >> I have been using a thinkpad x60s with OpenBSD/PureDyne for a while now, and >> I'm very happy with it. >> It is very lightweight, hardware works great with opensource drivers, and it >> has good baery life. >> This one is an IBM though, but still it seems to what I heard that >> thinkpads remain highly reliable. >> >> Compared to my MBP (probably the same as you have, revision 1,1), also >> running OpenBSD/PureDyne, hardware works better and out of the box when it >> comes to have free >> software only (even though the mac is now old enough to have >> okay-working drivers). I think this is an important aspect to take into >> consideration if you don't want to mess around with -mm patches and so > > > i am wondering if anyone has any experience with Asus eee 1201HA > http://www.netbookreviews.net/asus/eee-pc-1201ha/ > and how this would compare with a Thinkpad x61 in terms of compatibility > with PureDyne, but also performance. > > I also noticed that the Asus eee 1201HA does not have firewire... is > there some way to add a firewire port to a machine that does not have > pcmcia ? i guess it is impossible > > After some check in ebay for a second had x61 i noticed that the cost of > this would be almost the same as the asus 1201HA in the shop. > > i guess the worst thing with the x61 is the screen resolution, 1024x768 > is starting to get too small... > > thanks > > enrike
This is two different things though. One is a high-end core duo based laptop, the other is a low-cost Atom based netbook. If you're looking for reliability and performance as it was previously the topic, your choice is made. -- またな Kereoz http://kereoz.org --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
