[laptop-discuss] Thinkpad T60/T61 Hardware recommendations

[James Cornell]

William D Waddington wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I plan to buy a new Notebook later this year.The
>> primary use of the Notebook should be to  run
>> OpenSolaris and Ubuntu.
>>
>> I'm thinking about buying the Thinkpad T60 or T61 and
>> therefor I've some questions regarding the hardware
>>  options for the Thinkpad T60/T61s:
>>
>> The T60/T61 comes with one of the following graphics
>> adapters:
>>
>>     * Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
>> * nVidia Quadro NVS 140m (128MB, 256MB, or 512MB) 
>>
>> Which one of these is best for Solaris?
>>     
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> Here's a comment a question you didn't ask:  what screen size and shape?  I have a new T61 14.1" widescreen w/nVidia graphics.  I like the form factor since I carry it in a backpack during my ferry commute.  Screen res of this one is 1440x900.
> My observation/complaint has to do with virtualization (I see this mentioned down-thread).  When running VMWare a reasonable host virtual screen resolution doesn't _quite_ fit within the 900 vertical pixels of the real screen.  Once VMWare has added its window "frame" to the client screen it is a little too tall to run 1024x768 fully on-screen.  800x600 seems a little cramped for a client screen.  Further, IIRC, some T61s actually have lower resolution screens.  ???x800 I think.  I don't have any experience w/Xen.
> I like the T61 (which multiboots Linux and Solari OK in addition to the virtual clients) but I kind of miss my T43's 1400x1050 screen when running virtual client screens.  Oh, and it won't quite fit the website pages I tend to visit without limiting the font size somewhat.
> Kind of an oddball reason for picking a screen resolution.  Just my $.02..
> Bill
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Have the same issue with my 15.4" MacBook Pro, I run VMware as well. 
OSX' menus, dock, and bars take up about the same amount of space as
Vista's theme, so I can't run anything better than 1280x720, which works
on most guests.

James