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No, it's not too harsh. I have a T440s, bought with the wrong (rtl8192ee) wifi chipset, and their support has been practically nonexistent. If you're a big co
by berdario 6y ago
No, it's not too harsh.
I have a T440s, bought with the wrong (rtl8192ee) wifi chipset, and their support has been practically nonexistent.
If you're a big company, you can test the hardware before letting all your employees adopt it (and I know that my colleagues are quite happy with their X1 Carbon), but if you're a consumer and you find out that the hardware doesn't have (good/reliable) Linux drivers, you need to be prepared to return it... or to find a replacement FRU yourself (good luck with that!)
- calvinmorrison 6y agoThe biggest take away is make sure your hardware supports the software you want before you make expensive purchases.
- WalterGR 6y agoIs that information that Lenovo publishes? In the following page it shows some model numbers. Is there a guaranteed 1:1 mapping from model number to chipset? https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd100264 https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd100264
- wmf 6y agoBased on this thread you don't want to trust what Lenovo or Canonical say. You need to find first-hand reports about particular models.
- calvinmorrison 6y agoSorry I just saw this. ThinkWiki may be a friend if you're looking for thinkpad specific documntation
- kiddico 6y agoI think they’re one of the manufacturers that has a whitelist of wireless cards as well. So sometime you can’t even replace it with something that works.