[OpenIndiana-discuss] recommended laptop

[Sunay Tripathi]

On 05/20/11 12:40 AM, Damian Wojsław wrote:
> Quoting Sunay Tripathi <tripathi.sunay at gmail.com>:
>
>> Guys,
>>
>> I was curious if anyone recently tried installing osol on a new
>> laptop. I was looking at Lenevo line which has few laptop with
>> Nvidia graphics but they all seem to have some chip for wifi
>> that I can't recognize. Seems like Toshiba has no laptops with
>> Nvidia chips.
>>
>> Would like to hear brand/model that someone brought recently and
>> seems to work well (specifically graphics, ethernet, wifi).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sunay
>
> I'm using OpenIndiana on Lenovo Edge i3-370M:
> Intel i3, 2.4 GHz, 3072kB cache,
> 6 GB RAM,
> 14" WXGA 1336x768,
> WiFi Intel 1000 BGN
> What doesn't work: wifi, suspend to RAM, fingerprint logon (but that
> obvious).
> Didn't try card reader.
> What works - everything else.
>

Thanks Damian. Atleast I know Intel Wifi 1000 doesn't work. I vaguely
remember we added support for 62xx at some point. I will try to order
one with that then.

Cheers,
Sunay