Saturday, October 31, 2009

Fedora 12 Beta on Thinkpad T500

I've been looking for a 'full' laptop to run Fedora on. I basically ended up with two different choices: Lenovo Thinkpad or HP Probook.

The competition was a bit fierce (in my mind at least), but I ended up going with the Thinkpad because of two particular reasons: I read quite a few good reviews on the T500 running Fedora, and because of the screen resolution offered on them, 1680x1050.

The laptop arrived yesterday, I immediately removed the 'Windows Vista' off the body of the machine, and booted and installed Fedora 12 beta on it. It's working great! I have had absolutely no problem with any piece of hardware interacting with Fedora 12. I couldn't be happier with it.

Here are my specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 Ghz T9600
Intel Graphic Media Acc. X4500
2x2 Gb of RAM 1067Mhz
15.4" WSVGA+ TFT (1680x1050 res)
160 Gb HDD 7200 RPM
Integrated Camera
8X DVD Recorder
Intel Wifi Link 5100
9 Cell Li Battery
Bluetooth


First Look at Fedora 12

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