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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:45:05 -0400
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] looking for a laptop
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Andy Willis wrote:
> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>> Hi, Tim!
>>
>> On 04/06/09 02:06 pm, Tim Stephen thus wrote :
>>> I might be in the market for a laptop for ecs.  Anyone running ecs 
>>> successfully on a t61 with network/audio/battery management etc.?    
>>> Why would anyone say "dreaded widescreen lcds' in the context of talk 
>>> about ecs and ibm/lenovo laptops?  Is there no adequate video driver?
>> Sorry that nobody has apparently replied to your post in so many days...
>>
>> ACPI does work to some extent on the T61, as do audio and networking 
>> (the Intel cards have that nasty issue where they report a nul MAC 
>> address; depending upon your switch/router hardware & possibly your 
>> DHCP server, this may or may not be an issue). Wi-Fi works quite well.
>>
>> I suggest you review the archives of this list for some other 
>> impressions. I don't use a T61 daily (I'm still working with my T43), 
>> but I did spend quite a bit of time getting my wife's working - before 
>> I broke it, again - so others on this list may be of greater 
>> assistance with your "pre-sales" questions than I.
>>
>> For reference, the list archive url is posted at the bottom of every 
>> list message (http://lists.2rosenthals.com ).
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
> I recently posted my experience on a T61 I was issued at work.  Overall 
> I am impressed enough that I wish I could get one of my own.  My audio 
> works with the very latest uniaud.  I had no issues with wireless nor 
> wired connections.  I personally don't like widescreens (at least not 
> the low resolution one that I have 1440x900 is too short).  Both Snap 
> (VESA mode) and Panorama are able to drive this at its native widescreen 
> resolution (Intel integrated graphics).
> "[eCS T60/T61] eCS 2.0 RC6a on T61" is the subject of that report.
> Andy
> 

Same experience here with my T61.  I still prefer my T42p because of a few 
things.  eCS 2.0 RC6a installed fine on to the T61.  And as you stated 
Sound works with Paul's HDA Uniaud 1.9.12 driver (though you have to close 
anything that uses sound before starting something else that requires sound 
or I get a message that the device is locked). I only use WiFi which works 
great with GenMac.  With ACPI I get dual CPU support and power off but 
battery power usage is poor (only an hour unless you use the hacked kernel 
from ecomstation.ru which has extra halts in it, while I get about 3.5-4 
hours on my T42p).   And though it will suspend it will not resume.  Video 
works with either SNAP or Panorama in VESA mode, but is adequate.  The 
audio buttons do not work (which they do on the T42p), so you have to 
control volume using software volume control.

Mark