A31p was an absolutely stunning machine for its day, all its (major) design flaws notwithstanding...that was the start of my FlexView addiction...LOL
The one I'm typing on right now was put together from three different units, CPU upgraded to 2.5, RAM to 2GB, wireless card to Intel 2200BG, bluetooth to one from T43, and the main hard drive to 80/7200 Seagate. I also have a WD 250GB/5400 in the UltraBay for storage purposes...fabulous classic ThinkPad. And the FlexView addiction is still ongoing...with a total of 8 different units in this household...don't ask. Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: STeve Andre' <[email protected]> To: thinkpad <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 9:16 pm Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Maybe a T61 would be better screen height wise? 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 > > > _______________________________________________ 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
