Comments | sfllaw: ThinkPad T60p

sfllaw

ThinkPad T60p

Oct 10, 2006 16:14

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akashayi October 10 2006, 21:27:07 UTC

nice :)

the model you got has one of 65 nano cpu's, right? How much did it cost?

I've just decided to save for a new laptop, and I'm a little torn between getting a macbook and a thinkpad. -_-

sfllaw October 10 2006, 22:45:45 UTC

Yes, it's etched on a 65nm die. The Intel Core Duo is a nice mobile chip, although the power consumption is a bit frightening. I only get four hours of battery life on a 9-cell battery.

This machine set me back $2850 CAD, including all taxes. That's not so bad, considering that it completely outperforms all of my other computers combined.

Both of those machines seem like reasonable choices. The thing that always clinches it for me is the ThinkPoint, because I got used to using it for navigation. In fact, Lenovo gave me a free travel keyboard, which is a USB keyboard that has the little red nipple on it. I was so pleased that I plugged it into my office box.

cpirate October 10 2006, 23:01:28 UTC

Wow, I should really get one of those "travel" keyboards for my own desktop; it sounds like it'd save a lot of switching to the mouse.

sfllaw October 10 2006, 23:19:42 UTC

Yeah, it's wicked. It feels exactly as if you were typing on a ThinkPad, which is pretty good compared to most laptop keyboards.

princessleia2 October 10 2006, 23:50:59 UTC

Very nice!

I've been holding off on Lenovo to see if they stand the test of time like the ThinkPads do. I'd be interested to know how it goes for you, I might have to spring for one when the time for a new laptop comes around.

For now I use my old Dell brick Inspiron.

sfllaw October 10 2006, 23:54:43 UTC

This early model seems to deviate little from the classic ThinkPad design. I have no idea whether this trend will continue, though.

octal October 11 2006, 00:29:04 UTC

They are allegedly coming out with new T60 models, including a possible widescreen T-series, on october 16/17 2006.

sfllaw October 11 2006, 00:34:17 UTC

Yes. I've heard rumours that they may contain Core 2 Duo processors. Which means they'll probably carry a hefty price premium.

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sfllaw October 11 2006, 03:08:42 UTC

Suspend and resume don't work without some hacking on my part. This is because this laptop is too new for the right magic to be in acpi-support.

I assume that this will resolve itself in a release or so.

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sfllaw October 18 2006, 20:35:41 UTC

Lenovo claims that resuming from RAM and disk work under SuSE, whom they seem to have partnered for this machine. I'm sure the rest of the world will inherit the patches eventually.

chief1ic October 11 2006, 03:05:37 UTC

Do you have ACPI compiled in? Last I read (which, admittedly, was awhile ago) having multi-cpu support in the kernel was mutually exclusive with having ACPI enabled, and I was wondering if that had changed.

sfllaw October 11 2006, 03:09:15 UTC

ACPI is the only way to go. And this has worked for quite a while now.

Are you thinking of APIC? That also works now.

robbat2 October 11 2006, 04:02:47 UTC

did your Lenevo contact let you get away from the Windows tax?

sfllaw October 11 2006, 04:45:09 UTC

Nope.