[ltp] IBM Thinkpad T41 type 2373-7fu; recommendations for auction purchase and *nix type

[Ole Irgens]

Den 25. aug. 2010 17:20, skrev Andy Graybeal:

> I'm wondering if anyone has any luck running Ubuntu 10.04 on these
> machines? Or can recommend a *nix for these machines?

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T41 is your friend.

> The machines have the Centrino 1.6gHz, 512MB memory, WIFI, the harddrive
> has been removed for security purposes.

1 gig of memory is a minimum IMHO, else the machine will be painfully 
slow due to utilization of swap memory. My X61s runs on 6-700 mb of 
memory with the usual applications, I have put 4 gigs into it for good 
measure since I also do a bit of virtualization.

> I'm allowed to test them before I bid, is there anything specific I
> should be looking for?

What will you use the machines for? They can not be used in a production 
environment, since machines that are 5+ years old are likely to fail at 
any given moment, even sturdy boxes as the TPs. If you will use them at 
home, they might do the job, but you will still have to upgrade the 
memory and buy new HD drives for every machine. Even at a price of USD 
150/machine, you are loooking into another USD 150-200/machine for 
sufficient memory and HD.

I see that they are dumping large amounts of these machines at eBay now, 
so you should be able to get a decent price, but honestly - with prices 
for new PCs being quite low, why bother hassling around with old junk?


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rgds

OI