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 910238 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:54:26 -0500 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:54:23 -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]Re: New notebooks Message-ID: On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:50:50 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote: >Carl Gehr wrote: >> 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 >> >> >Are you trying to use GenMac for the Intel PRO/1000 - there are native >OS/2 drivers from intel for this model - now whether the very latest >version of PRO/1000 is different is a question, however, I would check >the Intel website if I were you, you may be positively surprised. WiFi >is likely to be a longer trail for some chipset on some versions of >eComStation. > >Cheers/2 > >Ed. Hmm... I thought I'd heard that there were no native drivers, and I thought I'd verified that. I'll check again and report back. Thanks, Carl