At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:04:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 02/16/2011 12:30 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:02:57 -0500 CentOS mailing list<centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Mathieu Baudier wrote:
> >>> I'm considering buying a second-hand Thinkpad T60 (with 2 GB RAM), as
> >>> a secondary laptop in order to run CentOS 5 on the field.
> >> <snip>
> >>> I would be grateful if people having used CentOS on this model could
> >>> share their experience (good or bad).
> >> Oddly enough, I asked on another techie mailing list I'm on just last week
> >> or so, for someone I know considering a laptop, and a T60 was greatly
> >> approved of.
> > I have CentOS 5.5 (i386) running happily on an X31 Thinkpad. IBM
> > laptops are really good laptops.
> >
> I also have run Centos 5.5 on an X31 and moved to a X200. The T60 fits
> in between
> these in the Thinkpad evolution, IIRC. It was fine on both and
> I had no trouble with wireless on either. The wireless concern was
> mentioned in another
> response on this thread.
The wireless on the X31 is an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100
3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04). Intel wireless chips are *very well*
supported *out of the box* under CentOS. You do need to download and
install the proper firmware.
>
> good luck,
> roger wells
> >> mark
> >>
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