Thinkpad T520

[ik]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 19:20, ik <idokan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>
I'm answering you using the internal cellular modem.
Both the wifi and the modem works very will for me. I used them inside the
"mamad" without any problem at all.
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.

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 :(
Where are the days where we  needed a month to make Linux works ? Even on
the preinstalled windows it was less clean then this. :)



> 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
>>
>
>
I hope that helps,


> Ido
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