<div dir="ltr">FYI, LCDFans on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lcdfans/">[link]</a> did just that for the T60 15-inch standard screen, T60/T61 14-inch standard screen and the X60/X61 as well, called them the T70 and X62 respectively, they are an English language contact for forum members on the Chinese form <a href="http://51nb.com">51nb.com</a>. I saw on the Facebook page that there is talk of another run of the X62 mainboard with an i5-5200DU</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 11:36 PM Keith Lofstrom <<a href="mailto:keithl@kl-ic.com">keithl@kl-ic.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 05:47:50PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:<br>
> At least in the past, Lenovo seems to treat failure to run Linux as a<br>
> bug. Officially the probably only support a few distros (RHEL, Suse,<br>
> and maybe Ubuntu). And probably on a few select hardware builds.<br>
<br>
Long blovation follows:<br>
<br>
My first laptop was a Dell; it had a power supply fault<br>
so I sent it in for warranty repair. It spent a /month/<br>
waiting in a storage warehouse in Austin. Paid for by<br>
Airborne Express; Dell was swamped and refused delivery,<br>
then blamed the delay on Airborne.<br>
<br>
So, I ditched Dell and bought a Thinkpad T30, installing<br>
Redhat. That worked well for a year, then the T30 also<br>
developed a power supply fault. PEBKAC?<br>
<br>
I sent it to IBM (from Portland to Nashville by Airborne<br>
Express) for repair on a Monday afternoon; Tuesday morning<br>
an IBM service tech called. "Your laptop is fixed, but<br>
before we ship it back, we would like permission to upgrade<br>
your BIOS. We see that you are running Linux. We tested<br>
this new BIOS with all the common distros. If you agree,<br>
we'll flash the BIOS and deliver your laptop tomorrow<br>
morning." It was. I was THRILLED. and have been a<br>
Thinkpad Fanboy ever since. <br>
<br>
Lenovo, not so much, but still way ahead of most vendors.<br>
<br>
I haven't upgraded since the T60 and X61. I demand 4x3 <br>
screens, and I stockpile spares. I write papers, book<br>
chapters, and wiki pages. I do not watch movies, I do<br>
not tweet or SMS or "like", and I do NOT like runt<br>
("wide") screens; they remind me of the Tandy TRS-80<br>
model 100 portable with the 8 line text display. <br>
<br>
And I love trackpoints. Touchpads aren't useful when you<br>
get old and shaky; elderly friends with Parkinsons can't<br>
use touchpads.<br>
<br>
Perhaps someday, an obscenely wealthy Thinkpad zealot will<br>
pay for the re-development of a custom 4x3 screen Thinkpad<br>
with a trackpoint; I'll buy one too. Until then, I hope<br>
that my stockpile lasts, and Kahlon keeps making batteries<br>
for T60 and X61.<br>
<br>
Keith<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Keith Lofstrom <a href="mailto:keithl@keithl.com" target="_blank">keithl@keithl.com</a><br>
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