Hi
@afton,
I'm using a T430s with PC-BSD (currently 9.2-RELEASE). I know that's a slightly different model, but I think the hardware is pretty close. There are some caveats:
- the Intel 4000 HD and Nvidia 5200M use Optimus which doesn't work in FreeBSD yet, but there's a switch in the BIOS to disable the Nvidia card.
- I haven't been able to get suspend/resume working; I've done nonexhaustive testing with FreeBSD 9.2 and 10.0-RCs, and PC-BSD 9.2 and 10.0-RCs. I chalk it up to the Ivy Bridge pieces, but I'm not sure.
- Screen brightness controls don't work via acpi_ibm so I'm relying on acpi_call, or setting screen brightness during the boot process.
- Battery life is so-so; I think I can probably get about 3 hours of light use before the 4 cell battery is depleted, but I haven't done any configuration work for power management. With some tweaking I could maybe get another hour out of it.
There are some other pieces I haven't tried to use; e.g. the webcam and DVD drive. Let me know if you have any questions & I'll do my best to help.
Hope that's helpful.