[ltp] Thinkpad 600E roll call...

[James McKenzie]

The 600E is the "only" IBM certified Linux laptop.  I used one for that 
purpose until I picked up an A22p.  The only problem that I've found is 
with the batteries.  I just had one that is over three years old die.  
Only the two cells close to the processor were bad.  I'm thinking of 
rebuilding the battery rather than buying a new one.

James McKenzie


Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Just a quick question about what everyone thinks of the Thinkpad 600E 
> 366MHz and/or 400MHz as a good solid Linux laptop. My 365X is now 
> living with friends in England, and after playing around with one at 
> the Computer Show this weekend it looks like I'm going to take the 
> plunge and snag one refurbished from ComputerGeeks.Com. The distro I'm 
> looking to install will be Mandrake 9.1. I'm also going to run Win4Lin 
> so I can use this stupid Active X courseware that one of my classes in 
> College uses...I have a copy of Windows98SE so I can load that up. No, 
> it won't work on anything else other than IE under Windows...stupid 
> software...:P
>
> My friend Chad Page has one and he loves his. I already have an Apple 
> PowerBook G3 Wallstreet which runs MacOS 9.1 and Yellow Dog Linux 3, 
> but I actually am missing my old Thinkpad.
>
> If anyone could let me know the "gotchas" and weird stuff I need to 
> watch out for with the 600 series I'd be very, very grateful.
>
> Thanks guys,
> -.\\<-H-