New laptop derecommendations

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 18 October 2018 15:19:50 Robert Heller wrote:

> At Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:48:40 -0500 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not 
for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > A company I was contract to do work for ordered 15 new ThinkPads.
> > They have used them for a long time. This last order came with
> > broadcom chips. Ive never had a ThinkPad with broadcom so I dont
> > know if it was a special order thing or a pricing thing. We are in
> > the process of sending them all back.
>
> These are broadcom wireless?  You really don't want these.  Insist on
> Intel wireless.
>
Hear hear! So far, the only bcm stuff that just works here is their gpio 
for the pi3b. You can setup an SPI that writes at 42 megabaud, and reads 
the response at 25 megabaud. I'm running a 70 yo 1500 lb Sheldon metal 
lathe thru that 1 bit at a time serial porthole, works well.

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