Eric Cottrell wrote: >The laptop shipped a day earlier than estimated and it moved the delivery up a day. I thought I might arrive early, as it was in Kentucky last Sunday after a speedy trip through Alaska. I did not realize that customs clearance happens in Kentucky, and this took two days. I was reading some horror stories of shipments stuck there for weeks, but it cleared yesterday, and arrived this morning.
Yeah, my T420s spent most of a week there, arrived on a Monday as a result. (I had sure been hoping to tinker that weekend! Sometimes I think being able to track packages is a *bad* thing.) >I was concerned about choosing a laptop without physically looking at one, but so far I like it. I got a FHD 1920x1080 screen and the text is not too small. The screen is bright and not glossy. I have not typed on the keyboard much yet, but it has a good feel so far. I did not get the backlighted keyboard. It does have a Thinklight. I got a 9 cell battery and it looks similar to the extended battery I use on the T61. We ordered a T530 for my wife last night, with the backlit keyboard. Got the lower-res screen because she's on a 1024x768 now and doesn't want things any smaller than they have to be (we be getting' on in years, ya know). >Next comes the fun of upgrading the memory, putting in a SSD, installing my Apps, and installing Linux. I'll upgrade the memory (Lenovo wants $160 for a DIMM I can get from Crucial for $25 -- that's insane). Otherwise she'll use it as is. I do get to install her applications and move her data, o joy (not that I mind, but she's still a Eudora user, and Eudora is stupid about attachments and embedded graphics, so there are a couple of directories with 30K++ files in 'em). ...phsiii _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
