Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-20 Thread Martin N
The hard drive is a bit small so i think i will pass but thanks anyhow. Yes its another ebay search term at least shame there are very few on there though Martin N At 22:30 20/09/2011, you wrote: Hi Martin, Yes it is a 15" screen. Hadn't appreciated your geographical separation but if you ar

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-20 Thread Martin N
Lo, At 23:02 19/09/2011, you wrote: Hi Martin, I'm not sure if your search has included the R series of Thinkpads? I have an R52 which, visually, looks very similar to the T43 that is linked below on ebay. I no longer use it so I would be open to offers if you think it would be of interest.

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-20 Thread Martin N
Lo, At 17:19 20/09/2011, you wrote: On 20/09/2011 13:00, hampshire-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Thats a 16:10 which is my reserve buy i guess since the 4:3 screens seem to be rare. Pretty expensive at £399 though, I was hoping for more £200 to £300 price really. Since when is 1600:12

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-20 Thread Stephen Davies
On 20/09/2011 13:00, hampshire-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: Thats a 16:10 which is my reserve buy i guess since the 4:3 screens seem to be rare. Pretty expensive at £399 though, I was hoping for more £200 to £300 price really. Since when is 1600:1200 a 16:10 ratio? I know I'm getting

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-19 Thread Martin N
Hello, At 17:20 19/09/2011, you wrote: There are variants of the T43p and T60p that has 1600x1200 screens. Could that be what you are looking for? I don't like these vertically thin and wide displays. The lack of Vertical Pixels is a real PITA with most IDE's. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-19 Thread Stephen Davies
There are variants of the T43p and T60p that has 1600x1200 screens. Could that be what you are looking for? I don't like these vertically thin and wide displays. The lack of Vertical Pixels is a real PITA with most IDE's. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IBM-ThinkPad-T43p-Pentium-M-2-26GHz-1GB-XP-Co

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-18 Thread Martin N
Lo, At 08:35 18/09/2011, you wrote: On 16/09/2011 19:39, Martin N wrote: I dislike Win7 but the laptop is OK with a mouse - trackpad is horiffic but then I hate em - I prefer mice, graphic tables and trackballs :-( Likewise i prefer track balls. I did see a keyboard at maplins with a half si

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-16 Thread Martin N
Lo, I have come across this idea while googling the 4 by 3 problem and others seem to suggest that you need to source a screen that has been verified by Lenovo. I think there is a bios white list of screens that will work. That means more research which i don really have time to do at the mom

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-16 Thread Martin N
At 17:20 16/09/2011, you wrote: On 16 September 2011 17:15, Martin N wrote: > I am struggling to find a Lenovo laptop second hand on-line which has a > decent screen > height. > I originally looked for only 4 by 3 but the maximum resolution seem low at > 1024x800 > on a 15" which was present of

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-16 Thread Anton Piatek
A colleague at work (I work for IBM) decided his work supplied Lenovo thinkpad had too low a resolution. He bought a new screen online and said it was very easy to replace it himself. Not sure if that option appeals to your or not... T60s also had much higher resolutions, but they were not the ba

Re: [Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-16 Thread Alan Pope
On 16 September 2011 17:15, Martin N wrote: > I am struggling to find a Lenovo laptop second hand on-line which has a > decent screen > height. > I originally looked for only 4 by 3 but the maximum resolution seem low at > 1024x800 > on a 15" which was present of the T60. > There are ~3 year old

[Hampshire] Refurbished Lenovo laptop 4 by 3 screen

2011-09-16 Thread Martin N
Hello, I am struggling to find a Lenovo laptop second hand on-line which has a decent screen height. I originally looked for only 4 by 3 but the maximum resolution seem low at 1024x800 on a 15" which was present of the T60. I have started looking for a t61 which are unfortunately widescreen