[ltp] thinklight on x200s

Chris Schumann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:28:15 -0500


On 03/16/2010 04:23 PM, Chris Penn wrote:
> I have a few thinkpads, i.e. x41 tablet and t61p.  I definitely notice
> the difference between the IBM made machines and the Lenovo made
> machines.  It is really sad that I cannot get the x41 quality anymore.
>    
I have a T60 and a T400, and I think the build quality is only very 
slightly less than my wife's T41p, but all of them pale next to my old 
600X. That thing is a tank.

Chris

> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Robert Tomsick<robert@tomsick.net>  wrote:
>    
>> On Tue, 2010-03-16 at 14:49 +0000, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>      
>>> 'Numerous quality issues' ?
>>>
>>> I've had a whole series of these over the years: I still have A21m,
>>> T42 and T43.
>>>
>>> I've never had a moment's difficulty with any of them.
>>>        
>> That may be, but the GPU failure / motherboard flex issue with the T4x
>> series is a very real, very widespread problem.  Those T4xs with
>> integrated graphics are safe, but those with dedicated GPUs are indeed
>> prone to failure.
>>