IdeaPad Y580 Laptop - 59359513 - Dawn Gray

[Bridger Dyson-Smith]

Apologies - I forgot the (probably well-known & obvious) link.

Thinkwiki: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki


On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Bridger Dyson-Smith
<bdysonsmith at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2 December 2012 15:08, Kevin Oberman <kob6558 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> On 2 December 2012 14:31, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>> >>> X will only work if the dual-graphics mode can be disabled.
>> >>
>> >> And this is a BIOS feature which isn't guaranteed to exist?
>> >
>> > It is not, but as far as I know, it is available on all prior ThinkPads.
>>
>> I've been told this can't be disabled on newer nvidia cards so now
>> this isn't an option anymore.
>>
>> Now I'm just looking for a generic laptop with
>>
>> - working wifi
>> - working Xorg w/ non VESA graphics
>> - useful for development (8GB+ ram, core i5+)
>>
>> Have you considered a slightly older model of Thinkpad? Finding the
> processor model you want, and a limit of 8GB RAM (possibly) may make this
> not to your liking. Older X* and T* models seem to be well represented on
> Ebay, & Thinkwiki [1] has helped me identify peculiarities from model to
> model.
>
> If you want new hardware, have you considered ZaReason or System76? While
> Linux-centric, they at least seem to combine hardware with OS in mind.
>
> I'm sorry that I don't have a specific model to recommend - personally, I
> would love to be able to find a lightly used Thinkpad X201s but there don't
> seem to be any available. I'll make do with this old X61.
>
>
> --
>> Eitan Adler
>
>
> Good luck!
> Bridger
>