(Not trying to dispute your experience, just presenting my own for balance, for the benefit of anyone trying to decide whether Ubuntu on a Thinkpad is viable.)

(Not trying to dispute your experience, just presenting my own for balance, for the benefit of anyone trying to decide whether Ubuntu on a Thinkpad is viable.) * Triple monitor: like you, I couldn't get this to work. * Battery life: it's not been as good as in Windows, but it's been very acceptable if I tweak a bit using powertop. (Of course, I'd like it to be as good as in Windows.) * Wifi: I have had no issues whatsoever; this worked perfectly out of the box, even with WPA, G/N, etc. * suspend/resume: I've never had a problem with resume. About 1 time in 100 it will fail to suspend (which is just as bad, since I have to hard reboot to turn it off). It's been nowhere near 1 in 10 for me though. Easily reliable enough for me to not worry about.