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Re:Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation P... by berdario on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:35AM (#23403753)
No, it's not too harsh.

I have a T440s, bought with the wrong (rtl8192ee) wifi chipset, and their support has been practically nonexistent.

If you're a big company, you can test the hardware before letting all your employees adopt it (and I know that my colleagues are quite happy with their X1 Carbon), but if you're a consumer and you find out that the hardware doesn't have (good/reliable) Linux drivers, you need to be prepared to return it... or to find a replacement FRU yourself (good luck with that!)

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Re:Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation P... by calvinmorrison on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:17AM (#23404305)
The biggest take away is make sure your hardware supports the software you want before you make expensive purchases.
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Re:Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation P... by WalterGR on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:48AM (#23404738)
Is that information that Lenovo publishes? In the following page it shows some model numbers. Is there a guaranteed 1:1 mapping from model number to chipset?

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd100264

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Re:Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation P... by wmf on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:24PM (#23406015)
Based on this thread you don't want to trust what Lenovo or Canonical say. You need to find first-hand reports about particular models.
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Re:Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation P... by calvinmorrison on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @02:00PM (#23480085)
Sorry I just saw this. ThinkWiki may be a friend if you're looking for thinkpad specific documntation
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Re:Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation P... by kiddico on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:22AM (#23404354)
I think they’re one of the manufacturers that has a whitelist of wireless cards as well. So sometime you can’t even replace it with something that works.
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