From: "Carl Gehr" Received: from [66.117.251.238] (account carl.gehr@mcgcg.com HELO localhost) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPA id 890383 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:20:20 -0500 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:20:17 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: "Carl Gehr" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]New notebooks Message-ID: On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:31:41 -0800, Neil Waldhauer wrote: >On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:22:53 -0500, "Lewis G Rosenthal" > wrote: > >> I think that it's more the fact that it is a PCI Express machine with >> SATA drive architecture than anything else (though I understand that >> there are sound issues with it, as well). More and more of the newer >> generation of machines will be SATA and will have PCI Express instead of >> mini-PCI, and this, of course, is someting we need to watch in the >> market and be prepared to support. > >The T60 is using a graphics chipset that isn't supported by SNAP. I'd guess >that it would be slower than my old T21. With no sound support, and slow >graphics, it sounds like a poor choice. > >But I've got to thank the people who go out an buy these things, and then post >how poorly they worked under eCS. It helps me to make my decision for my future >machines. > >Neil Actually, the SNAP support on my T60 systems is one of the brighter spots. I did have to install the most current driver to get the Win-OS2 working. But, that part of my T60 seems OK. Granted, I am not interested in high intensity graphics, movies, etc. And, when I asked about the WiFi, PRO/1000, I thought I had received positive comments about those working. I did get advice to purchase the Intel GMA 950 instead of the ATI Mobility chipsets. I'm still hoping for some miracle on the WiFi and PRO/1000. I also got some bad advice on the audio. Close, but no hand grenades or horseshoes around to make up the distance... :-( Carl