Yep Thinkpads rule ;-) I have an A31 with the RME cardbus/Digiface setup and it works great. Wireless works, I an using the orinoco_pci module. The only problem is that it like to drop the connection under heavy load, or when ever it feels like. The sleep issue is not fixable in Xwindows. I have to switch to the console before it blanks the screen, otherwise the display gets jumbled. But other than that it works. And yes that 15" screen is nice and sharp. On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 06:08, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:59:22 +1000 > Dan Harper <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Ahhh, stress! OK, I've researched so much my head hurts. > > I want to buy a notebook for a DAW using Linux, so far I've come to: > > > > IBM ThinkPad R50 (1.6 Centrino, 1Gb RAM) > > I've had the opportunity to use an R50 for the last couple of weeks, > and I've used a 600X for a few years now. I don't use them for music, > but do run RedHat9 on them both and I have a few observations: > > o I have yet to make the built-in wireless work on the R50. I have to > plug one of my Lucent Orinoco cards in to go wireless. > o I have not been able yet to configure the middle mouse button on the > keyboard to act as a middle mouse button - this worked out of the box > on the 600X. This sounds like a small hting but it's driving me > nuts. > o I don't think I have X configured right for the LCD screen. Performance > is sluggish, and I occasionally have artifacts on the screen from > closing or moving windows. > o The big screen is definitely nice :) > o I have had problems waking it up from sleep mode once or twice. The > screen is blank, and I can't ctl-alt-F2 to a console window, nor can I > Fn-F7 to toggle between an external monitor and the LCD screen, though > sometimes that's just what's required to get going again. > > Other than those quibbles, though, I really like this machine and wish > I were able to keep it! It should be a really powerful platform for > recording with the rught audio card. -- drh@xxxxxxxxxxx "It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then god is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa
