[ltp] Last Min. advice for buying a new thinkpad?

[Richard Neill]

Dear Alex,

I recently bought an A22p (model TA2USUK). I really like it!

I'm running Mandrake 8.0 and everything works just fine
(I've not got around to sorting out suspend/resume, or tv out, but 
sound, modem, ethernet, cd-rw are fine.)
To get the trackpoint working, I used a serial mouse for the install, 
and then upgraded to one of the Mandrake-Freq
CDs. The ethernet worked staright off; the modem needs the appropriate 
driver downloaded.


As for your point about the high-res (1600x1200) display, I do agree 
that it is too high, and perhaps 1024x768 would have been better.

BUT...

1)Applications that can use the resolution look fab....eg GIMP for photo 
editing, and XMMS visualisations

2)The small -fonts problem is easily fixable by changing KDE settings, 
so that everything looks great. Likewise, Mozilla, Kterm, etc is 
customisable.
[Also, anything in non-graphical mode is expanded to give very clear text].

3)I find that the 15" display is great. The only thing that isn't always 
customisable is the menu bar (File -Edit -View etc). This is a very 
minor nuisance - it doesn't need
to be large, as it not often needs to be read!

4)Mandrake uses anti-alisaing by default - and it's great on such a 
high-res display.

[The only thing I can't fix is emacs -I've not figured out how to change 
the font size (it's not obvious, but I'm still a linux rookie).]

So, on balance, I'd still get 1600x1200 and spend an hour customising 
font sizes....

Regards

Richard

P.S. I hunted for ages for the best prices. I found 2 that were better 
by about 10 % (after haggling)

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alex kirmse wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've been running Slackware 8.0 and Win2k on my
>Thinkpad (i1412 366 celeron 160 ram). I think it will
>be time to buy a new one pretty soon. I was looking at
>the A series, possibly the A22p. 
>
>Does anybody have any advice on the A-series and what
>options I can live without?
>
>I was reading a review for the A22p and it said that
>the resolution was too good for a laptop and that all
>the fonts are too small. I want to use the machine
>mainly for graphics, programming(PHP,web stuff), and
>entertainment ;). And I'm wondering if I can design
>web pages at such a high-resolution since most still
>have 800x600?
>
>At the warehouse:
>http://www2.warehouse.com/dept_find.asp?dept%5Fid=2592&sel=PcNote&cat=pc
>
>
>They have an older thinkpad A21M for $1399, good deal?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ciao :D 
>
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