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===why I have chosen/stick to this very model=== | ===why I have chosen/stick to this very model=== | ||
| − | I think this is may the last Thinkpad purchase I ever made, not because I don't like it, actually I love it, but I don't like the newer ones (ThinkPad X40 and higher). | + | I think this is may the last Thinkpad purchase I ever made, not because I don't like it, actually I love it, but I don't like the "newer ones" (ThinkPad X40 and higher). |
For me this this very model was/is the (second) last '''''perfect''''' one, so I never got a newer one and the last known good, the X32, is not a update which is really enhancing. | For me this this very model was/is the (second) last '''''perfect''''' one, so I never got a newer one and the last known good, the X32, is not a update which is really enhancing. | ||
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*the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders are a build in "anti pen" feature, nothing can slip in and the cover is absolutely robust and "unbreakable". Or at least feels like this ;) | *the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders are a build in "anti pen" feature, nothing can slip in and the cover is absolutely robust and "unbreakable". Or at least feels like this ;) | ||
*the overall case feels much better engineered, like I could walk over it without doing any damage, the newer ones just don't feel like this (no I am not going to try it) | *the overall case feels much better engineered, like I could walk over it without doing any damage, the newer ones just don't feel like this (no I am not going to try it) | ||
| − | *its one of the last fully IBM crafted ones, as I am not comfortable with Lenovo | + | *its one of the last fully IBM crafted ones, as I am not comfortable with this strange 3rd party manufacturing outsourcing somewhere in deeper China witch started right after the X31 was constructed |
| + | *Even if it first seemed like Lenovo could keep up the "legendary" quality, or even increase it to the old "pre-outsourcing" level, it now seems like this was wishful thinking | ||
==things related to (my) ThinPads I am currently on== | ==things related to (my) ThinPads I am currently on== | ||
| − | I am currently start to build my own "Debian Testing on the X31"-how to, leaving the "simple installation", but | + | I am currently start to build my own "Debian Testing on the X31"-how to, leaving the "simple installation", but aiming at the configuration. |
==private homepage== | ==private homepage== | ||
[http://www.bdkmpss.de/ More information about me, my systems and other stuff (in german)...] | [http://www.bdkmpss.de/ More information about me, my systems and other stuff (in german)...] | ||
Revision as of 17:07, 29 May 2007
Contents
my ThinkPad Workstation
ThinkPad X31 (Model: 2672-C2G) running Debian Testing
Default Features
- Intel Pentium M 1.4
- 256 MB PC2100
- 40GB Hitachi HDD
- Intel 10/100 Ethernet controller (PXE boot enabled)
- CDC slot with Modem Daughter Card (MDC)
- MiniPCI slot with Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
Changed/Upgraded to/with:
- 1GB DDR 266 RAM (2x512MB), thinking about upgrading to 2GB
- 120 GB Hitachi TravelStar 4K120 (HTS421212H9AT00)
- Modem Daughter Card (MDC) removed
- PXE boot via Bios disabled
- newest BIOS/EC-Frimware (3.02/1.08)
why I have chosen/stick to this very model
I think this is may the last Thinkpad purchase I ever made, not because I don't like it, actually I love it, but I don't like the "newer ones" (ThinkPad X40 and higher).
For me this this very model was/is the (second) last perfect one, so I never got a newer one and the last known good, the X32, is not a update which is really enhancing. My X31 is very solid, ultraportable and fast enough for the "office" stuff I do with it.
This is partly may also featured by the newer ones, but I miss some things of my X31 very much on them:
- the port-layout is much better than the "newer one". I hate ports on the sides especially on the right one, and all newer ones have all ports there...
- the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders are a build in "anti pen" feature, nothing can slip in and the cover is absolutely robust and "unbreakable". Or at least feels like this ;)
- the overall case feels much better engineered, like I could walk over it without doing any damage, the newer ones just don't feel like this (no I am not going to try it)
- its one of the last fully IBM crafted ones, as I am not comfortable with this strange 3rd party manufacturing outsourcing somewhere in deeper China witch started right after the X31 was constructed
- Even if it first seemed like Lenovo could keep up the "legendary" quality, or even increase it to the old "pre-outsourcing" level, it now seems like this was wishful thinking
I am currently start to build my own "Debian Testing on the X31"-how to, leaving the "simple installation", but aiming at the configuration.
private homepage
More information about me, my systems and other stuff (in german)...
