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Post #203,862
by ubernostrum
4/19/05 4:39:51 AM
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New Thinkpad.

Bought a big hulking G40 back in November (big and heavy and ugly, but it's oh-so-powerful) and two flavors of Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu) have Just Worked on it. Got it from [link|http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=CATLIST&PRO_SUB_CAT=270&PRO_SSUB_CAT=133|here] at a nice discount.

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Post #203,883
by ben_tilly
4/19/05 11:04:12 AM
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New So far I have several good reports on thinkpads...
and one bad one from a friend. The bad one was a T40 with a hard drive that failed, bad battery life, and a wireless that was hard to get working on Fedora 3. (Ubuntu worked out of the box though.)

The person who reported a bad experience has a co-worker with a good experience on a different model. I guess that every manufacturer has some lemons.

Now all that I've got to decide is the model. Here I'm torn. It is always nice to have more current technology, but this time around it means that I get trusted computing crap built in that I don't want. (Which I can hopefully ignore.) It also means increased risk of not just working in Linux. It also costs more. But I get nicer specs...

I'll decide in a few days.

Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
     The beret seems unlikely to land... - (ben_tilly) - (43) - April 18, 2005, 12:30:30 AM EDT
         The Apple Pro keyboard plays nice with me. - (pwhysall) - (13) - April 18, 2005, 01:37:28 AM EDT
             That's great for you - (ben_tilly) - (12) - April 18, 2005, 02:30:27 PM EDT
                 Bite me, you miserable sod. - (pwhysall) - (3) - April 18, 2005, 02:31:12 PM EDT
                     ;P - How does it feel to be on the other side of the BOOT? -NT - (folkert) - (1) - April 18, 2005, 03:35:13 PM EDT
                         Not so bad... - (pwhysall) - April 18, 2005, 03:37:32 PM EDT
                     That was not a boot - (ben_tilly) - April 18, 2005, 04:29:44 PM EDT
                 Baby keep you up all night or something? - (admin) - (7) - April 18, 2005, 04:02:11 PM EDT
                     No - (ben_tilly) - (6) - April 18, 2005, 04:27:41 PM EDT
                         Sigh. - (pwhysall) - April 18, 2005, 04:34:41 PM EDT
                         You might want to review #203693. He didn't do that... -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - April 18, 2005, 04:43:57 PM EDT
                             Reviewed - (ben_tilly) - (2) - April 18, 2005, 05:24:25 PM EDT
                                 You're over-analysing. - (pwhysall) - April 18, 2005, 05:37:02 PM EDT
                                 That's not the way I read it. - (Another Scott) - April 18, 2005, 07:06:45 PM EDT
                         You're completely over-reacting - (admin) - April 18, 2005, 06:22:36 PM EDT
         Hard drive size limitations. - (bepatient) - (19) - April 18, 2005, 12:08:58 PM EDT
             Good points - (ben_tilly) - (18) - April 18, 2005, 05:48:45 PM EDT
                 Deal not expected to repeat. - (bepatient) - (6) - April 18, 2005, 08:09:00 PM EDT
                     That is almost workable - (ben_tilly) - (5) - April 18, 2005, 08:32:32 PM EDT
                         I've generally had good luck with pcmcia - (bepatient) - (2) - April 18, 2005, 09:36:51 PM EDT
                             So is the built-in wireless not working for you? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 11:16:14 AM EDT
                                 I haven't tried on the T40 - (bepatient) - April 19, 2005, 03:03:38 PM EDT
                         I have a Broadcom chipset in mine - (Yendor) - (1) - April 18, 2005, 09:51:38 PM EDT
                             I'd like to be able to entirely remove... - (ben_tilly) - April 19, 2005, 11:13:54 AM EDT
                 IBM stockholders get deals. - (Another Scott) - (10) - April 18, 2005, 08:37:22 PM EDT
                     Hmm... - (ben_tilly) - (9) - April 19, 2005, 11:18:44 AM EDT
                         You probably need to compare specific machine numbers. - (Another Scott) - (2) - April 19, 2005, 11:34:24 AM EDT
                             Point. How has your battery life been? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 11:45:02 AM EDT
                                 Can't complain. - (Another Scott) - April 19, 2005, 12:06:03 PM EDT
                         There is a backup plan for IBM. - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - April 20, 2005, 10:41:29 PM EDT
                             That sounds like a very nice deal! - (ben_tilly) - (4) - April 22, 2005, 02:49:04 PM EDT
                                 Take a look at this thread at Gillmor's blog. - (Another Scott) - (1) - April 22, 2005, 05:40:22 PM EDT
                                     It was, it confirms my thinking :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 22, 2005, 06:27:17 PM EDT
                                 Re: Sent! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - April 24, 2005, 04:40:13 PM EDT
                                     received! -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 25, 2005, 01:06:57 AM EDT
         another question - (boxley) - (4) - April 18, 2005, 05:02:57 PM EDT
             Cost is not the issue with your scenario - (ben_tilly) - (3) - April 18, 2005, 05:32:49 PM EDT
                 Just wait until he figures out how to climb... - (admin) - (2) - April 18, 2005, 06:25:04 PM EDT
                     I'm planning that as well... - (ben_tilly) - April 18, 2005, 07:13:29 PM EDT
                     That doesn't work - (jake123) - April 19, 2005, 07:47:02 PM EDT
         Thinkpad. - (ubernostrum) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 04:39:51 AM EDT
             So far I have several good reports on thinkpads... - (ben_tilly) - April 19, 2005, 11:04:12 AM EDT
         HP Laptop NC6000 - (lister) - (1) - April 19, 2005, 05:10:19 PM EDT
             That looks interesting as well, thanks -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 19, 2005, 05:22:05 PM EDT

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