getting a laptop - take 2

[Ian Smith]

On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:18:02 +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
 > On 2012-Dec-23 14:15:54 -0500, Eitan Adler <lists at eitanadler.com> wrote:
 > >> Take a look at Lenovo's T and X series. You should only know that at
 > >> least for the X series, only disks with a height of 7mm will fit. So,
 > >> 500GB is currently the maximum.

That's good to know.

 > >It seems that the T series comes with "VIDIA® NVSÿÿ 5200M graphics with
 > >Optimusÿÿ Technology".
 > 
 > I have a T420s (running Linux for $work) and you can switch between
 > the integrated (Intel), nvidia & Optimus in the BIOS.  FreeBSD should
 > support either of the first two options (though you'll lose VTYs when
 > you use KMS to support the Intel graphics).

Is this particular bug/regression being worked on, do you know?  It's 
seeming to be longstanding.  Does it only affect (some particular?) 
Intel graphics chips/drivers?

thanks, Ian