At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:04:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > On 02/16/2011 12:30 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:02:57 -0500 CentOS mailing list<centos at centos.org> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS at centos.org > >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > >> > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments