[CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

I've had success on "older" model Lenovos.....(T-410 / T-420 / T-430) but anything beyond those seems to have some issue or another. I was even able to swap the standard drive to an SD (250GB) on a T-430 and it's running g like a champ. A lot of the newer stuff is OK as long as you don't have any boutique drivers for video network or sound. YMMV. On Sep 29, 2016 9:18 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/29/2016 5:55 PM, Michael B Allen wrote: 
> > It seems optical drives are gone. Do I boot the iso from USB or what's 
> > the procedure now? 
>
> yup, put iso on USB, go to town. 
>
> > Generally seeking new laptop advice. If Lenovo is not good is anyone 
> > using Toshiba? 
>
> I have not much cared for Lenovo since IBM sold out to them.    I've 
> been generally quite happy with business grade ('Latitude') Dell 
> laptops...  my wife's got an XPS15 (running Windows) thats very nice, 
> gorgeous IPS 1920x1080 screen, very slim, nicely made, and her new work 
> laptop is a Latitude 5500-something thats also a really nice super-slim 
> thing, has monster battery life, and all the latest USB C and so forth, 
> but it too is running Windows 7 as thats what she needs for her 
> techwriter job (Adobe Framemaker on Linux is very poorly supported). 
>
>
> -- 
> john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz 
>
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