Thinkpad T520

[ik]

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 <linux-il at didi.bardavid.org
> 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


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