[ltp] Why do you love your ThinkPad?

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:26:37 -0400

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Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:

>>Why do you Love your ThinkpadSSSS
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770Z upgraded to 500MHZ 100 FSB
This is my midi box.
I think that the 770s were about the last TPs to support midi in/out.
Yup, I know about the usb midi ports but I don't know how they will work 
in Linux.
The package is a musicians dream ( thanks Wes) when paired with a good 
electronic piano
and wireless printer setup.
And you don't have to spend a lot of money.

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>OK, let me count the ways.
>
>1.) ThinkPads are *built*. Aside from Apple laptops, IBM laptops (and by that 
>I mean *true* IBM, not Acer-built crap
>
390X
Man you struck a nerve with that one.
I have several  "Acer-built crap" 390X boxes running 24/7 in 
control/monitoring applications.
Much cheaper and faster to design / implement than using embedded 
controllers to do the job.
Reliability has been excellent!.

Probably the best back to school laptop a parent or grandparent (me) 
could ask for
   Cheap to buy.
   Cheap to repair.
   Great battery life
   !!!!!!! Can't play 3D games !!!!!!!!

> with an IBM badge slapped on) are the 
>best built, most intelligently designed laptops on the planet.
>
     Amen

>4.) ThinkPads are the best documented laptops in the world,
>
    Amen,  puts all the other brands to shame.

> 
>
A30, A31....
Fantastic lcd, great "portable computer" ..... desktop replacement.

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Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:<br>
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770Z upgraded to 500MHZ 100 FSB<br>
This is my midi box.<br>
I think that the 770s were about the last TPs to support midi in/out.<br>
Yup, I know about the usb midi ports but I don't know how they will
work in Linux.<br>
The package is a musicians dream ( thanks Wes) when paired with a good
electronic piano<br>
and wireless printer setup.<br>
And you don't have to spend a lot of money.<br>
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OK, let me count the ways.

1.) ThinkPads are *built*. Aside from Apple laptops, IBM laptops (and by that 
I mean *true* IBM, not Acer-built crap</pre>
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390X 
Man you struck a nerve with that one. 
I have several&nbsp; "Acer-built crap" 390X boxes running 24/7 in
control/monitoring applications. 
Much cheaper and faster to design / implement than using embedded
controllers to do the job. 
Reliability has been excellent!. 
 
Probably the best back to school laptop a parent or grandparent (me)
could ask for 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheap to buy. 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheap to repair. 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Great battery life 
&nbsp;&nbsp; !!!!!!! Can't play 3D games !!!!!!!! 
&nbsp; 
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 <pre wrap=""> with an IBM badge slapped on) are the 
best built, most intelligently designed laptops on the planet.</pre>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amen 
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4.) ThinkPads are the best documented laptops in the world,</pre>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amen,&nbsp; puts all the other brands to shame. 
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A30, A31.... 
Fantastic lcd, great "portable computer" ..... desktop replacement. 
 
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