I thought we were gonna be talking about opening up the batteries, popping out the cells, and replacing them with off the shelf cells and soldering and gluing everything back together, like this: https://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=121516
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 on FrameWork > > I consider maintaining old T60 akin to preserving 80 years old car hobby. > They are awesome looking rarities, perhaps too valuable to use on a daily > commute. One thing doesn't quite .... trying to run modern SW on it kind of > defeats the antique preservation idea. Running antique OS on antique HW > seems more natural to me. > > That said, even antique cars need new batteries from time to time. > > -T > > On Wed, May 21, 2025, 06:44 Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> > wrote: > > > I'm confident you will reject my advice, but, fwiw: > > > > a) asking the bezoid, sorting by average customer review, gives you > > a $31 option for a 57 Whr battery. it might turn out to be garbage, > > but it might also solve your immediate problem. > > > > b) consider a modern Framework laptop. it's got a 3:2 display, a > > decent keyboard, and it is MODERN and can accommodate more than 3.2GiB > > of RAM. I bought mine about a year ago in the DIY kit form, installed > > my own RAM (purchased separately) and put 64GiB in it. The keyboard > > has some click to it. Whatever the acclimation cost is, I'd suggest it > > will take a week before it seems completely natural, it will be more > > than compensated by avoiding the ongoing and ever-increasing penalties > > and limitations of 20-year old technology. Modern OSs expect more than > > 3.2GiB of RAM, so the pain will increase monotonically as the > > community of people willing to tolerate those penalties ever > > diminishes and thus anyone with prudent, effective advice for > > continuing to live in that niche. Consider the integral of pain, from > > t=now to t=beyond caring, vs the short duration integral of > > acclimation pain. > > > > -- > > Russell Senior > > russ...@personaltelco.net > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM Keith Lofstrom <kei...@keithl.com> > wrote: > > > > > > Until I can purchase a new laptop with a "tall" screen > > > pixel ratio, and sculpted IBM-quality clicky keyboards, > > > I will keep using my ancient IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T60 > > > and X61 laptops. > > > > > > However, laptop batteries degrade over time. > > > > > > Any suggestions for sources of quality/long-lasting > > > aftermarket LiIon laptop batteries that won't catch fire > > > or be confiscated by TSA when I carry them on a flight? > > > Either new, or "seamlessly" reworking my old batteries. > > > > > > Probably $$$ for either alternative. Domestic sources > > > preferred. > > > > > > Keith L. > > > > > > -- > > > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com > > >
