Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 notebook review

Comments

• A good machine for Linux. The SL500 in combination with Ubuntu 8.10 is great. Shame we can't get a Linux version and shave off the Microsoft tax. Posted by Linux user, UK
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  Understand that these are not real ThinkPads. They sort of look like one (though not really, with the glossy lid) but they don't have lot of the features common to other ThinkPads
  
  No magnesium case
  No bottom roll cage
  No Think Vantage
  No top roll cage
  No Steel hinges
  No ThinkLight
  No lid latches
  No Ultrabay
  
  and the BIOS identifies the laptop as an IdeaPad, not a ThinkPad.
  This last part isn't going to be an issue for most people, but it's proved a real headache for those trying to run Linux. Other ThinkPad models are made to be Linux-friendly. Posted by thegreatfixer, United States
• One of the hinges came out with out any reason Posted by netjam, Australia