[ltp] Upgrading from IBM to Lenovo?

[William W. Viergever]

i'm long-time lurker/very infrequent poster .... i've gone from a 750c in e=
arly 90's, to a 600x, then a t42p, and now ...

i've the same t61p and pretty much have the *exact* experience/observations=
 as marius (in particular the slightly lose hinge & the eject thingie poppi=
ng out)

FWIW - i still don't see anything else out there better


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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org [mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@=
linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of Marius Gedminas
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 1:35 AM
To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Subject: Re: [ltp] Upgrading from IBM to Lenovo?

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 02:19:56PM -0500, Steven J. Owens wrote:
>      What do people think of the lenovo quality?
...
>      Durability and portability are probably my highest priorities.

I've been using a Lenovo T61 for three years.  It is durable and has surviv=
ed a few falls to the floor (one of which physically bent a USB connector o=
f a wireless mouse dongle that was plugged in at the time), and 6 kg cats l=
ying on top of it.

The screen hinges are very stiff while at the same time allowing free motio=
n of a few degrees -- this is a bit irritating, but livable, and it's been =
that way since day one.

The ExpressCard eject pip sometimes pops out and doesn't want to be pushed =
back in -- the latch inside doesn't catch or something.  A few minutes of p=
ersistent pushing gets it back.

A tiny piece of plastic broke off above the left USB port [1] a while ago. =
 It used to form a little groove and was a weak spot in the plastic.  The s=
imilar groove on the other side is solid. [2]

  [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgedmin/5332089953/
  [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgedmin/5332091671/

The 6-cell battery was good for about 3 hours initially, now it's down to 2=
.5 hours.  Here's what /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info says:

    design capacity:         56160 mWh
    last full capacity:      42720 mWh

so it still has 76% of the design capacity.  Frankly, I'm surprised.  I was=
n't doing anything special to increase battery life.

Portability-wise, my widescreen T61 is a bit on the big and heavy side, but=
 I don't complain.  Backpacks rule.  Also, it's not too heavy -- I can easi=
ly pick it up one-handed (which is a Bad Idea, as it flexes the motherboard=
 and may cause laptop death).

Aesthetically I was disappointed when I first saw it.  The LCD panel is not=
 centered -- the bevel is 3x wider on the left side as on the right.
This bugged me until I got used to it.

Overall I'm very happy with my laptop, and I would buy Lenovo again.
A T or X series ThinkPad; the rest of Lenovo range doesn't look appealing t=
o me.

Marius Gedminas
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