Friday, September 19. 2008
New T61 Laptop (8895WFJ)
Today my new IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T61 8895WFJ laptop arrived. While my P30 did a good job, it really was time to replace it.I'm currently in the phase of installing Gentoo and getting used to the device, but I think it was a very good choice.
Beside the fact that Lenovos are probably popular for a reason, the 1400x1050-resolution, the well Linux-supported Intel-graphics and a quite acceptable weight (2,4 kg) were reasons for this model. I'm still in favour of 4:3 screens, because if you wanna have a 16:10 one with a decent resolution (e. g. > 1000 pixels height) they become either very expensive or very heavy. I still wonder why no vendor seems to produce 4:3 screens any more (from my research, not a single Montevina laptop has 4:3).
Some time soon you'll probably find some documentation about Linux on the T61 8895WFJ at http://www.int21.de/t61/.
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Welcome to the club! Ken69267 and I have near identical T61 laptops, you are the the 4th Gentoo dev with a T61 I think.
Nice. I have a Thinkpad R61i, with very similar specs, so let me know if you'd like any configs or tips/tricks. You should also poke around ThinkWiki for more stuff; the T61 documentation is quite extensive.
The Lenovos are definitely a good choice from what I've heard. Cool device.
A really nice device. My T43 is a little older but i won't miss it.
Ich wünsch Dir viel Erfolg beim Refund holen. Ich lauf mir auch schon die Hacken ab, weil ich nirgends ein Notebook finde, welches keinen Schmikspiegel, keine schlechte Tastatur, ordentlich Anschlüsse (RS232 gehört für mich Nostalgiker immer noch dazu) und lange Akkulaufzeit hat. Und vor allem kein vorinstalliertes/gebündeltes M$-OS. Daher überlege ich schon ob ich gar was mit Refund versuche weil die Auswahl dann wenigstens etwas größer wird. Ich finde es einfach unverständlich warum so viele Hersteller diesen Mist überhaupt draufkloppen. Soll doch jeder nehmen was er mag.
Schade, daß man Notebooks nicht wie richtige Rechner aus Komponenten bauen kann die man im Laden zu kuafen kriegt.
Ach ja und Gentoo rockt!
Schade, daß man Notebooks nicht wie richtige Rechner aus Komponenten bauen kann die man im Laden zu kuafen kriegt.
Ach ja und Gentoo rockt!
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While I got along well with my Thinkpad T61 laptop, for quite some time I had the plan to get a new one soon. It wasn't an easy decision and I looked in detail at the models available in recent months. I finally decided to buy one of Lenovo's Thinkpad X1
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