Good for as long as it works... have a system in reserve for when it finally fails, and they nearly always do sooner or later.
RB - - - - - The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. - -- --- ---- ----- ------ William James On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Glenn Butcher <[email protected]>wrote: > My new work laptop (Dell, sorry...) has a RFID card reader, we use it with > a PIN to log in. No more passwords. It also authenticates our web-based > VPN. All quite handy... > > g > > Bruce Markowitz wrote: > >> Disregard, after some more updates and a reboot, there is now a different >> maximizer that allows me to set full bright. >> >> I read a review where they stated that the T61 LCD was dim. Now I wonder >> if there was an issue with the settings, as this thing (14" WXGA+) is >> BRIGHT, in fact so much so that now that I cured the issue I may set it back >> to 10 or 11. >> >> It is a bit of a PITA to get XP up and running on the T61, but so far it >> runs great. This is the 2 GHZ T7300 with the nVidia 128mb card. Seems quick >> and no issues so far, one gig of RAM, that might have been an issue with Win >> 7. >> >> But just to start a controversy, it is looking more and more (to me) that >> M$ got it right with XP SP2 (not too much experience with SP3 as most of the >> customers want SP2 for software reasons) and 7 could be as big of a bomb as >> Vista. I mean, I just don't see the point, XP is proven, solid and stable >> and does all kinds of neat tricks. As usual, its about the money. >> >> BTW, this unit has a smart card reader. What the heck is a smart card? Do >> I have any of them? is that like a Metro Card (for the subway)? What a >> waste, must have been a corporate purchase and they wanted to read ID badges >> or something. >> >> But my overall impression is that the T61 is built about equal to the T60, >> and so far they have been very good for my customers. In fact, I don't >> recall one warranty issue with a T60 that I set up. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Markowitz" < >> [email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:11 PM >> Subject: [Thinkpad] T61 XP question for anyone >> >> >> I just got my first T61 (at least, the first used one that I needed to >>> configure). >>> >>> It had Windows 7 on it, which was TERRIBLE (don't get me started) but it >>> was not a Lenovo recovery install, so that probably has something to do with >>> it. >>> >>> Anyway, I installed IBM XP from T60 recovery CD's. All went well, then I >>> did the update connector and got all the right T61 stuff onto it. >>> >>> But I do have one issue I have not been able to resolve - when I make a >>> power sceme, and put everything on MAX, I can only set the screen brightness >>> to 10 >>> >>> BUT, it appears, from other messages, that there should be 15 levels of >>> brightness. If I turn it all the way up then click on my sceme, it dims down >>> (back to 10 I guess). >>> >>> I did the newest power driver, BIOS etc. I don't even see a battery >>> maximizer software in the T61 matrix, but it appears to be running the T60 >>> version properly, at least as to everything else. >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: >> 270.14.139/2619 - Release Date: 01/13/10 19:35:00 >> >> >> > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.141/2622 - Release Date: 01/14/10 > 19:35:00 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
