<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 19:20, ik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:idokan@gmail.com">idokan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br>I have a brad new T420s (the same laptop, but with smaller screen) that arrived today.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:49, Yedidyah Bar-David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linux-il@didi.bardavid.org" target="_blank">linux-il@didi.bardavid.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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I am considering ordering a Lenovo Thinkpad T520, and have the following<br>
questions. I intend to use it with Debian, can go with Ubuntu if it makes<br>
a difference.<br>
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1. It has "Integrated Mobile Broadband" and an optional "Gobi 3000".<br>
Will they work in Israel? Am I limited to specific suppliers? Is there<br>
a reason for the extra $125 for a Gobi 3000, assuming I'll use it only<br>
in Israel? A salesman now told me that it's not integrated but I have<br>
to buy some Erricsson modem (part number 0a36186).<br></blockquote></div><div><br>The cellular modem works well for me. I entered the SIM and connected it and it worked.<br>I still haven't install Linux on it, but with the Windows version it does work.<br>
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2. It has a "Thinkpad b/g/n" Integrated WiFi and few optional extras.<br>
Is there a reason to pay for for one of the options, assuming I do<br>
not have extreme needs of either bad reception or high bandwidth?<br>
Will any of them work better in linux? FWIW, I currently have a T42<br>
with its integrated 2200BG which basically works well, but recently<br>
I did not manage to connect to few networks - IIRC I saw somewhere it's<br>
a (fixed) bug in the dhcp client but I did not bother debugging.<br></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I'm answering you using the internal cellular modem. <br>Both the wifi and the modem works very will for me. I used them inside the "mamad" without any problem at all.<br>
My linux distro (Arch Linux) support all of my hardware out of the box. the only real "hacking" I needed to do is for NetworkManager to work with the modem, while wvdial worked out of the box (after settings of course), NetworkManager required rerun of modem-manager.<br>
<br>I have not tested the HDMI, but I have tested everything else, and it seems to work in Linux without any special requirement by me :( <br>Where are the days where we needed a month to make Linux works ? Even on the preinstalled windows it was less clean then this. :)<br>
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</blockquote></div><div><br>Will answer it later on.<br> </div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
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I already searched a bit the net, so I'd like mainly advices from people<br>
who actually have one (or similar) and real experience.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
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Didi<br></font></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I hope that helps,<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Ido<br> <br></div><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><font color="#888888">
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