$1k ThinkPad Canada Coupon Code | Employee Pricing Event

[Dave Germiquet]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Lennart Sorensen <
lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:20:55AM -0500, Digimer wrote:
> > Can anyone vouch for Dave? Name isn't familiar to me, and I'm catching a
> > wiff of spam.
>
> The coupon is valid.  I got that in the lenovo email this morning.
>
> As for the 'Compensated Affiliate' link bit, I have no idea.
>
> I got my thinkpad almost two years ago with one of these coupon sales.
> If getting one to run linux I would make sure to:
>
> - Get nvidia or intel graphics, not ati/amd.  Note that if it is a very
> new model with nvidia graphics with 'optimus' support, then linux can
> NOT use the nvidia at this time, only the intel.  Hopefully nvidia will
> fix that eventually.  The 'optimus' has both intel and nvidia graphics
> and switches between them depending on the current 3D demands.
>
> - Get intel wifi (5100 or 5300 works perfectly, I think 1000 works,
> but never tried it, and 6000 series hopefully work by now as well,
> but again I haven't tried it).  Other brands are hit and miss in linux.
>
> - Fingerprint scanners can be made to work in linux with some effort
> (which I haven't bothered to do yet), if such a thing seems at all useful
> to you.
>
> - I think it is crazy to NOT get a CPU that has virtualization support,
> so picking the right CPU option can matter.  Picking a power efficient
> CPU can extend the battery life a lot, without having to go to the larger
> battery (or make the larger battery even better).  I spent an extra $100
> (- coupon) for a low power CPU when I got mine, which certainly helps
> the battery life.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
>  --
> The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://gtalug.org/
> TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
> How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
>



-- 



Dave Germiquet
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://gtalug.org/pipermail/legacy/attachments/20110211/47aacb58/attachment.html>