[BNM] Laptop recommendation

[Dave Phelan]

On Feb 4, 2008 9:48 AM, Dan Eastwell <daneastwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1 Feb 2008, at 13:37, Dave Phelan wrote:
> > > Just *don't ever* use the Thinkvantage access connections wireless
> > > drivers. They fail after standby, needing a reboot. Twice now I've had
> > > them bork so badly, the entire IP stack (including wired) has locked
> > > up.
> > >
> > > Which is a shame, cos the Thinkpad hardware is damn fine. I'm really
> > > pleased with my X61, and it has great battery life too.
> >
> What do you use instead? I'm assuming thinkvantage is the default
> onboard wireless driver? Doesn't XP/Vista come with generic wireless
> drivers?

The intel drivers with the standard XP gubbins is barely adequate, but stable.
I'm still trying to convince it to do Cisco LEAP though, so no
wireless in the office for me at the mo...
:-(

Dave Ph

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