Lenovo ThinkPad -- good as IBM?

[DAve]

Joachim Rosenfeld wrote:
> I had an IBM ThinkPad T41 that I was using until recently. It was rock
> solid, ran FreeBSD perfectly, handled all abuse I threw at it (I dropped
> it a couple of times), and generally did everything I needed it to do.
> 
> I switched jobs so I had to return that T41, so I'm thinking about
> buying a ThinkPad of my own.
> 
> Since the T41 however, IBM has sold its ThinkPad line to Lenovo. I've
> only heard anecdotal stories about Lenovo, and its largely been about
> driver compatibility.
> 
> Can anyone comment on whether or not Lenovo has maintained the IBM
> quality standards for the ThinkPad line, whether or not a Lenovo would
> make a good FreeBSD laptop, or suggest some alternatives?
> 
> thanks,
> Joe

I am on my third Stinkpad and this one is a Lenovo R61i. I believe it is 
just as solid as my previous Stinkpads, I love it, wouldn't trade it. I 
have not installed FreeBSd on any of them, but my last ( a G40 ) and 
this R61i run Desktop BSD and PCBSD in vmware wonderfully.

DAve
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