It has come!

[lucid]

It, in this case, is a Lenovo T420s. It's sleeker then I imagined, and so far it seems oh so perfect. Well I'll just post teh specs:

model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz
MemTotal:          8 gb
HardDrive:         300 gb
Wifi:             Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
Pretty much all chipsets: Intel

It only cost around $400, and on the website it said it only had 4gb of RAM. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that it has double that! This thing was $200 less then my Asus which many of you have been hearing so much about, and it has double the RAM and a faster processor. Not to mention the fact that it's a Lenovo, so it's solid. I think my favorite part about it is that the network chipsets are all Intel. No fucking Realtek or Broadcom. Honestly didn't think that was possible. I checked online before placing the order, it's been confirmed that this laptop is quite linux compatible as per this link:  http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201102-7326/

Sure that's just Ubuntu but it is obviously linux compatible. One thing I did observe however, is that when I fire up a live Kali usb on it(Ihaven't installed a real *nix on it yet) it frequently disconnects from the internet and then reconnects within a few seconds. I am not entirely worried about it however. I've experienced problems like this before with NetworkManager as well as wicd. So I expect that when I install Linux on it and just use netctl or wpa_supplicant to connect that it'll do just fine. I hope so at least...

It came installed with Windows 7 professional, but I intend to wipe that completely in favor of linux. No dual-boot since I already have another laptop with a dual-boot. I'm thinking Slackware since I also already have an Arch box.

EDIT: Eh, unfortunately it seems that there has been a fair few who experience the same disconnect problem with the same wifi card. Bummer, however I'm still not all that worried. Seems just about everyone is running some Debian flavor, and almost all of these people are using Wicd or NetworkManager. I hate both these utilities and don't intend on using them. I'm hoping the issue won't be there when I install Slackware and use netctl. If it does persist, there's sure to be a patch out there I can use. I won't let a little wifi trouble get in the way. This laptop is too badass.

[proxx]

It, in this case, is a Lenovo T420s. It's sleeker then I imagined, and so far it seems oh so perfect. Well I'll just post teh specs:

model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz
MemTotal:          8 gb
HardDrive:         300 gb
Wifi:             Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
Pretty much all chipsets: Intel

It only cost around $400, and on the website it said it only had 4gb of RAM. I was very pleasantly surprised. This thing was $200 less then my Asus which many of you have been hearing so much about, and it has double the RAM and a faster processor. Not to mention the fact that it's a Lenovo, so it's solid. I think my favorite part about it is that the network chipsets are all Intel. No fucking Realtek or Broadcom. Honestly didn't think that was possible. I checked online before placing the order, it's been confirmed that this laptop is quite linux compatible as per this link:  http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201102-7326/

Sure that's just Ubuntu but it is obviously linux compatible. One thing I did observe however, is that when I fire up a live Kali usb on it(Ihaven't installed a real *nix on it yet) it frequently disconnects from the internet and then reconnects within a few seconds. I am not entirely worried about it however. I've experienced problems like this before with NetworkManager as well as wicd. So I expect that when I install Linux on it and just use netctl or wpa_supplicant to connect that it'll do just fine. I hope so at least...

It came installed with Windows 7 professional, but I intend to wipe that completely in favor of linux. No dual-boot since I already have another laptop with a dual-boot. I'm thinking Slackware since I also already have an Arch box.

Congrats Lucid, I know how much this means to you
Thats probably just a sloppy driver on a sloppy distro

I especially love the solidness of these laptops, not that plastic like bendable feel.

[lucid]

Congrats Lucid, I know how much this means to you
Thats probably just a sloppy driver on a sloppy distro

I especially love the solidness of these laptops, not that plastic like bendable feel.

Hehe I edited after you posted.You and I just can't help it with the edit button it seems. Yes, I'm fairly confident that it's mostly isolated to Debian flavors. Shit, maybe it's even isolated to just Kali. I've seen that happen before. I'll find out for sure tommorrow. I remember when I first got my Asus I had the same damn problem. One day, it just simply went away. I still to this day have no clue why that was happening, or why the problem magically fixed itself.

Drivers are a strange thing.

EDIT: Also, I should thank you again proxx. Your advice is what most helped me find this gem. I'll be sure to treat it right in your honor

[Teapot]

Congrats lucid! you have been talking about this for a while (jelous of the RAM)

I have the same connection dropping  problem with #! on my Gateway NV55S. Stoped for a bit but then i had to re-install it (made the mistake of installing the Crunchpwn repository... turns out there where only a few things in there i wanted and i had already installed them + it was causing a bunch of problems) and now it is back.
The problem is i don't remember if i did something to make it stop before or if it just worked its self out over time.

[lucid]

Congrats lucid! you have been talking about this for a while (jelous of the RAM)
The problem is i don't remember if i did something to make it stop before or if it just worked its self out over time.

Thanks!  I know, I never thought I'd get a laptop with that much RAM. When I first bought the thing I had planned on eventually installing more RAM since it would be cheap, instead of spending an extra 2 or 3 hundred dollars on a laptop that came with more. Turns out, I didn't need to do either. I can't believe it still. That site DEFINITELY said 4gb mem. Amazing.

You'd be surprised how often connectivity issues just... work themselves out btw.

[Teapot]

instead of spending an extra 2 or 3 hundred dollars on a laptop that came with more.

You have an extra 150$-ish to spend on a 1Tb drive? xD
That is one of the things i always look to upgrade is storage (i am a major pack rat)

You'd be surprised how often connectivity issues just... work themselves out btw.

Haha, good to know =)
First time using *nix and i am still learning her behavior patterns.
I am in love with the freedom.

[proxx]

Hehe I edited after you posted.You and I just can't help it with the edit button it seems. Yes, I'm fairly confident that it's mostly isolated to Debian flavors. Shit, maybe it's even isolated to just Kali. I've seen that happen before. I'll find out for sure tommorrow. I remember when I first got my Asus I had the same damn problem. One day, it just simply went away. I still to this day have no clue why that was happening, or why the problem magically fixed itself.

Drivers are a strange thing.

EDIT: Also, I should thank you again proxx. Your advice is what most helped me find this gem. I'll be sure to treat it right in your honor

Most welcome my brother

When it comes to them wireless drivers I basically ended up just using wpa_supplicant with my own scripts behind it.
Dunno what it is with some of these crappy GUI wrappers, most of them just suck.


Post scriptum; Gotta Love Edit whores

[iTpHo3NiX]

Congrats bro. Sounds like a solid laptop. Good brand good buy. Did it end up having hdmi out?

[Axon]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[lucid]

Congrats bro. Sounds like a solid laptop. Good brand good buy. Did it end up having hdmi out?

Eh no. But it does have a display port. Also, my Asus has had literally 0 screen issues whatsoever for like two weeks. Which is weird and a little worrisome. But for now..

WEEEEEE!!!!!