I've been using FreeBSD on IBM Thinkpads for years, mostly with the old T4x models. YMMV with the ACPI on newer models and other brands. Power management, suspe

I've been using FreeBSD on IBM Thinkpads for years, mostly with the old T4x models. YMMV with the ACPI on newer models and other brands. Power management, suspend / resume, and wireless all work. As mentioned elsewhere ath(4) is your best bet for wireless. Graphics performance is never quite on par with Linux, but fine for browsing and editing text.