On Thursday 23 December 2004 08:22 pm, Greg Brown wrote: > Has anyone worked extensively with IBM Thinkpads and Linux? I see > there are "G", "T", and some other models. What is the best to use as > a Linux desktop replacement? What about battery life? I have seen > battery life stated at six hours. That must be with the screen off or > something. > > Bottom line: if you could purchase a Thinkpad for linux use and only > have one laptop to use for both work, home, etc which thinkpad would it > be?
I'm not familiar with the newer models. The As used to be the desktop replacement. That is, an A was heavier than some of the other models, but it often came with larger hard drive, bigger screen, etc. The R models were, I think, built to be lighter and cheaper. They generally had a slower CPU and less RAM, but they still made a decent laptop. I believe that the X models were the ones designed for extreme portability. I think that they were very light but quite expensive. The T models were the high end model. They were similar to the A models, but they were quite a bit lighter for roughly the same specs. That also made them more expensive. :-) The T models were also the first to support 1 GB of RAM, for example. ---Tom (happy owner of a T23) -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
