I had an A31p too, and it was (IS) a great machine. We got my wife an
A30 at
least 6 years ago at a ham fest, and it's still going strong. Slow and
a watt
hogg, but still a great machine. Mine lived in my backpack for 4 years,
till
I got my T60p, also a great machine. The W500 seems to be a worthy
successor.
sigh. TP nostalgia...
--STeve Andre'
On 09/16/11 19:47, [email protected] wrote:
Do bear in mind that A3x generation is *very* heavy and has an absolutely
miserable battery life.
Once again, it is my favourite ThinkPad of all times, and I've owned a high
three-figure number of them.
But it's old.
Chances of dying screens and GPUs are fairly high on any machine of this
generation.
They are quite inexpensive nowadays, though.
I still believe that you'd be much better served by a T60/p (or Z61m), or at
least a T43/p (Z60m)
My $0.02 only...
Cheers,
George
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin N<[email protected]>
To: thinkpad<[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 7:40 pm
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Maybe a T61 would be better screen height wise?
Yes its long in the tooth but i only need it for a college course to
do office 2010.
Hence requiring a tall screen if possible.
I have my main desktop at home for the usual stuff.
Martin N
At 00:36 17/09/2011, you wrote:
>While A31p was a fabulous machine for its time (some of them are
>still floating in U.S. space stations) and my favourite ThinkPad
>ever, the youngest one will be 8 years old by Christmas time, so
>they're getting a little long in the tooth.
>
>Typing on one right now, and yes, they are adorable, but not as the
>only computer.
>
>Cheers,
>
>George
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin N<[email protected]>
>To: thinkpad<[email protected]>
>Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 3:10 pm
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Maybe a T61 would be better screen height wise?
>
>
>
>
>
>Lo,
>
>
>
>At 18:49 16/09/2011, you wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:18:05 +0100 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 on the T60.
>
>>>
>
>>>I have started looking for a t61 which are unfortunately
>
>> widescreen but look like they
>
>>>have some 16:10 screens. The resolution is 1680x1050 on a 15"
screen.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>I have been very happy with my IBM Thinkpad A31p with its
> 1600x1200 display.
>
>
>
>
>
>Thanks for the information and it did look good until i couldn't find
>
>any on ebay.co.uk
>
>This one looks like its only 1024x800 to me after looking at the TAWbook.pdf
>
>
>
><http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150662552240";
target=_blankhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150662552240>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150662552240
>
>
>
>
>Martin N
>
>
>
>Running MorphOS v2.6 (Nov 2010) on Mac Mini, Moderator of
>
>MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups
>
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