Hello everybody! Well, there are a couple of motives to my drive :
- it's "green" (there are LCD pannels staying out there on shelves, taking dust. Why through away an otherwise perfectly working laptop ?). Even if I buy a new one, I could always use it as a backup if I have a problem with the new one. (I hope you can boot a XP installed on the X31 on a X200t or X61t.) - If I followed well this group, the keybord, there has been no model newer than than the X31 with a better or even equivalent keyboard. You can always plug your laptop on a bigger screen when you get to work, log on a server to crunch numbers, but symbiosis with your input device is paramount. - I don't feel like buying a 2009 computer that still has modem port (talking about the X200[t?] and VGA instead of DVI. Besides, I just had a look at one this week : materials & finish really look cheap compared to the X31 - I don't feel like buying a computer which has more branding surface/locations than the X31 (why didn't they just put Lenovo next to Thinkpad. Why the hell don't they get a logo (lenovo in chineese,I don't care, just make it small & pretty). - I don't feel like buying a computer which does not replace the impossibility of Thinklike with something else (retrolit keyboard, phosphorescent stickers that charge on the LCD, etc. - I like 4:3 ratio (not for display, for the volume/surface ratio in my bag. Americans where so intelligent with the Lettre paper format : why the hell let it go to make computers that match our European A4. No it's no longer paired in my bag (I buy US stationary on purpose). - > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:12 PM > To: 'Thinkpad Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] SXGA+ display on X31 mod in Paris, France ? > > On 21.11.2009 18:50, you, Adrian Belu wrote: > > > I am looking for someone who can do this mod (BIOS included) : > > > > http://www.51nb.com/viewthread-576766 > > None of my business, of course, but does it make sense to go through all > that trouble for a machine as old as the X31? > > I had one from 2004 to 2006, it was nice, good quality. I gave it to my > niece when its replacement (X60s) came. Incidentally, I just heard it > had failed. > > I personally wouldn't invest much money on enhancing a 5+ years old (= > most likely out of warranty) machine. > > Cheers, Dominique > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
