[ltp] T42P or Newer model?

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:14:57 -0500

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<pre wrap=""><div class="moz-txt-sig">On Monday 11 December 2006 21:19, after a long battle with technology, 
Brian D. Ropers-Huilman wrote:
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  <pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>On 12/11/06, <a
 class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:westerj@optonline.net">westerj@optonline.net</a> <a
 class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:westerj@optonline.net">&lt;westerj@optonline.net&gt;</a> wrote:
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    <pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; &gt; </span>Are the newer models substantially (T60P) better than the
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; &gt; </span>tried/true/debugged units (T42P)?
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; &gt; </span>Am leaning towards the tried / true model, but willing to listen.
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  <pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>I'm typing this on a T43p that I've had for a year or so now and I'm
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">&gt; </span>hoping to hear good things about those "generation(s) ahead" systems
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JW Notes that previous poster nabbed a Z61p,,,,<br>
JW Notes further that I just picked up a Z60M, pretty loaded...
squelching my habit of <br>
refilling bic lighters, I leap ahead into semi-charted waters!! (the
T60 support for <br>
Suse was noted though).&nbsp; Wide Screen, and enough CPU, and lotsa
bells/whistles.<br>
<br>
&nbsp; (not that a T43P was a bic lighter, mind you!!!)<br>
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Will know more after the holidays!!<br>
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Thanks for the thoughts, and happy holidays!!!!<br>
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JDW<br>
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&gt;The thing about the T42p is that everything works.  Heck, even the 
&gt;LoseModem works with the slmodem package.  This can be really nice.  I 
&gt;checked the tuxmobil pages for the T60p, and it looks like there are 
&gt;not very many problems there.  Well, the thing has an ipw3945 (newer, 
&gt;maybe flakier than the ipw2200 right now) and you're stuck with fglrx 
&gt;if you need accelerated 3D.  Getting the fingerprint reader on the T60p 
&gt;working properly seems to require a bit of frog-walking.

<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
 href="http://buzzy.tesuji.org/thinkpad_t60p.html">&gt;/http://buzzy.tesuji.org/thinkpad_t60p.html</a> for a Gentoo-centric account 
&gt;of what to do. (Although that guy says he disabled all 
&gt;suspend-to-RAM/disk. WTF? Why would you do that on a *laptop*?)</pre>
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