On 12/17/11 19:39, driven_zen wrote:
Shoppers:
I'm buying a refurbished notebook from the IBM Family
& Friends site as a gift and would like opinions of
the model on which I've fixed, the ThinkPad Lenovo
W500 (B13), AKA T4061B13.
I do not hesitate in making such a request because I
have learned that there is always an ample supply
available on this list of strong opinions based on
extensive knowledge and -- more importantly -- on
experience.
I look forward to your collective wisdom.
Thank you.
- Mark
Mark Henigan
I'm writing this on a W500. I've had this one since 11/09, and its
been pretty good. The build quality has been as good as anything
these days. There is a problem with some of them where a bios
update results in a 10 minute time-out during the boot sequence,
which IBM will fix, if you can spare it for a few days, as I haven't.
But thats the only problem I know of. This laptop is active about
22 hours a day so it gets a lot of use. There are two graphics
cards, an ATI and Intel(?) so its open-source friendly. It's a big
of a power hogg, but with a new battery I can get almost 2
hours with it.
The screen is very good. Sadly this does not have an LED back
light, so after 3 years the fluorescent tube is a little uneven
when getting bright, but fixes itself in a minute or so.
The earphone jack is on the front which I find a little weird, but
isn't a big deal. The three usb ports are on the left side, which
is useful, as is the ethernet jack. The docking station I have
brings out a serial and parallel port as well as video and 4 more
usb ports.
I really love this laptop. Despite its weight, its a great smallish
workstation.
--STeve Andre'
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