[PLUG] Thinkpad T61
john morgali
aarghj at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 19 23:43:58 UTC 2007
--- Dwight Hubbard <dwight at dwightandamy.com> wrote:
> My company just replaced my old Thinkpad T42P that
> had overheating issues
> with a new T61.
>
> The issues I recall that I encountered.
> 1. My T61 has a very new nvidia chipset, it did not
> work properly with the
> opensource nvidia driver. It only worked with the
> newer nvidia commercial
> driver and vesa.
> 2. The software to run the fingerprint scanner
> doesn't work very reliably (I
> never tried it under windows so it could perform the
> same there)
> 3. The battery life isn't any better than the older
> T42P I'm replacing (not
> just a Linux issue, it's not very good under windows
> XP)
MY T42p is fantastic in every imaginable way except
that it has a bios lock to the firmware on the hard
drive, making upgrading a royal pain in the a$$.
Battery life is almost 5 hours per charge, and I have
2 batteries which make it so I can run all day without
having to plug in.
Mine has a 15" wxga screen fwiw, and those times are
as reported by winblows. I havent timed it when
running linux, thats done plugged in at home. =)
John
>
> On 10/19/07, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > In shopping for a new laptop the Thinkpad T61 is
> currently at the top
> > of my list (but the list order sometimes changes
> hourly). I'm pretty
> > sure I've seen comments here by someone who has
> one. Comments
> > would be welcome (off-list), and specifically
> regarding:
> >
> > What features did you get?
> > What features do you wish you hadn't ordered?
> > What features do you wish you had ordered?
> > Where did you get it, what is the best place?
> > Is it possible to find one in a store in Portland
> to look at?
> > Which distro/architecture do you use on it?
> Issues?
> >
> > Any other comments also welcome.
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>
>
> --
> Dwight Hubbard (RHCE, VCP)
> dwight at dwighthubbard.com
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