[BNM] Laptop recommendation

[Dan Eastwell]

On 2/2/08, James McCarthy <james2mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1 Feb 2008, at 13:37, Dave Phelan wrote:
>
> > On Jan 31, 2008 4:19 PM, Mat Walker <lists at four0four.net> wrote:
> >> ...IBM/Lenovo laptops have taken a severe beating with the fugly
> >> stick
> >> but come with 3yr warranty as standard and generally are of a good
> >> build
> >> quality.
> >
> > 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.
>
> +1 for this. Sage advice.

What do you use instead? I'm assuming thinkvantage is the default
onboard wireless driver? Doesn't XP/Vista come with generic wireless
drivers?