Hello, I just replaced my Thinkpad T61 with a 4:3 screen with a T530. I would recommend the T61 over the T60. The official limit for the T61 is 4GB of ram, but I had no problem installing 8GB of ram.
Some of the later T series have Optimus video adapters, which combine Intel HD graphics with a dedicated Nvidia graphics chip. There is limited support for this in non-Windows Operating Systems. I get the impression that older T series laptops with this feature are more difficult to setup with anything other than Windows. 73 Eric Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T60 vs t43 I'd recommend a T61 or even a T400. Using a VM (or two!) can be a real memory hog and the T61 (I think) and the T400 (for sure) can use at least 8GB of RAM. I have a T60 and T400 and found the same issues in the T60: The hinge is a little wobbly after five years, and the heat makes the machine not usable in your lap without some insulation. I should take it apart, clean out the dust, and re-apply heat transfer compound. The Core Duo in my T60 is really quite a bit slower than newer CPUs. T60s and newer can use widely-available SATA SSD drives, which help with performance a ton. (On my T400, Linux boots in 12 seconds.) T410 and later have slightly different keyboard layouts (like the Delete key), so take note of that. I'd recommend a T400 for you if you can afford it. Linus Torvalds uses one (or at least he did), so Linux support is excellent, FWIW. If you go with a T60, get 4GB of RAM, as it (the memory) will run up to 10% faster with matched memory sticks, and it's pretty cheap. Chris On Aug 19 2012 05:49 pm, Jeffrey Race wrote: > I'm now back in the U.S. at a software conference where everyone has a > Thinkpad. I have seen and touched a T60 and the keyboard is actually > OK for me. I have a vague idea to get one because it was probably > manufactured later than my T43s and so should carry me longer before > parts become scarce. I'd welcome comments from > list members who have experience with both. Any gotchas about the T60 > (compared to T43 which I know well)? > Any particular T60 models to seek or to avoid? I see > lots on ebay now at reasonable prices for my depleted budget (depleted > by daughter in college). > > I'd install OS/2 (now know as eCS) and run WXP in a virtual machine so > RAM is important. What is the maximum T60 RAM capacity. Vary by > model? _______________________________________________ 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
