1. I am fussy about the keyboard, but I like the new slightly curved thinkpad keys. The only issues I have with the new keyboards is less keys compared to old keyboards, thus somewhat compromised Insert/Home and PageUp/Down keys layout. The keyboard is offset by larger and, in my opinion, better touchpad.
2. I would avoid the models without physical touchpad buttons (x240/t440 I think) 3. I believe that Michael was talking about much newer models - T430 (IvyBridge) or similar. For ilustration - I sold i7 X220 (SandyBridge), 8GB RAM with 240GB SSD and IPS panel and with docking station for $300 in January/February on Ebay. 4. T42 is 2004 model - that is way to old to be useful as mobile device these days. I'd advise you to ask around during the next meeting - I am sure someone will have thinkpad with them - and try the keyboard(s) in person. I hope it helps, Tomas On Mon, 2016-05-09 at 21:54 -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > New is not a requirement. I am certainly looking for a used > ThinkPad. > Trouble is, I know little about the models, and there are hundreds. > How > to pick? Keyboard, as already stated, is a requirement. And I would > like > to get at least 4 hours out of the fully charged battery. 13", 14", > 15" > all will suffice. Should be new enough to have virtual support in > the > processor. Sata. The newer the better, both for performance and > longevity. On last Thursday Michael said that there were lots of > (T42's I > think he said) available in nearly new shape for $200. Would that > meet my > needs? How does one find such? > > -Denis > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Paul Mullen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 07:50:30PM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > Lenovo (ans. to chat question) says all their laptops have flat > > > -top > > > keys--none sculpted. Time to look at the used market or maybe > > > Dell? > > > > That's a relatively new development. Three or four years ago the > > keys > > were still the usual ever-so-slightly-concave style. Is brand new > > a > > requirement? You could do a lot worse than a used ThinkPad. > > > > > > -- > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
