[ltp] New ThinkPad

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:55:35 +0100
Richard Neill <rn214@richardneill.org> dijo:

>I always think of them as "shortscreens" because an "X inch diagonal" 
>"widescreen" has fewer pixels, and less area than the same "X inch"
>4:3 screen.
>
>The best possible upgrade seems to be this:
>
>  - Start with a T60p (4:3)
>  - Upgrade the screen to 2048x1532 @ 15.1"
>  - Max out the RAM, change to Wifi-n
>  - Upgrade CPU to fastest Core 2 duo  (64-bit).
>  - If you want 8 GB of RAM, change the motherboard to that from a T61.
>  - Add USB 3.0 via PCMCIA.

I have a local friend who did exactly that, except he didn't go so far
as to change the motherboard. He calls the current widescreens "runt
screens."

According to him the process was not difficult or terribly expensive.
He figured out where all the screws were from the maintenance manual.