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Hi. I'm Chris. My first PC (after an Apple //c) was a ThinkPad 750P. I sold that, and after a few years, the friend I sold it to gave it back to me.
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Hi. I'm Chris. My first PC (after an Apple //c) was a ThinkPad 750P purchased new. I sold that, and after a few years, the friend I sold it to gave it back to me. I have had many ThinkPads over the years, and never any other laptop. I also have a couple IBM servers in the house. Awesome machines, each one.
  
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Currently I have that 750P, a 560E, a 570, and a 600X that I tweaked by installing an 800MHz CPU and internal WiFi antennae.
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Latest status:
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* 750P - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS installed. No GUI attempted as of yet.
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* 600X - Used sometimes for testing latest distributions.
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* T60 - Daily use running Fedora 8 for web development, and Windows Vista for games.
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* 560E and 570 just sit around collecting dust at the moment.
  
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My wife has a 600X. Her sister has an X22. Their mom has a 600E, as does my dad. I take care of all of them.
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ThinkPads in the family I maintain:
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* X22, 600E, A30
  
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Two of my friends recently bought 600X's too. One runs only Linux!
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Linux still doesn't work perfectly on any of my ThinkPads, but I hope to get there some day.
  
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I've got Linux on all four of my 'Pads. The 750P is currently a print server using Samba and Slackware, but it is too slow even for that. The 560E will be the new print server. The 570 will be a home audio player. All three currently have Slackware and FreeDOS installed (for running PS2.EXE).
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--[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 23:51, 18 February 2008 (CET)
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The 600X is my general web-surfing, e-mail, bill paying machine. It has an OS from Redmond and Fedora Core 5.
 
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--[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 17:35, 22 April 2006 (CEST)
 
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I recently acquired a T60. It's a very nice machine almost up to the build quality of the 600X, and a good bit heavier. I've started to do my part to update these pages with my experience on it. It's running Windows XP (soon to upgrade to Vista)(boo! hiss! I know, but it's for work... and maybe some gaming), but I plan to boot almost exclusively into Fedora.
 
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--[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 17:02, 3 December 2006 (CET)
 

Latest revision as of 23:51, 18 February 2008

The blank page is a scary thing...

Hi. I'm Chris. My first PC (after an Apple //c) was a ThinkPad 750P purchased new. I sold that, and after a few years, the friend I sold it to gave it back to me. I have had many ThinkPads over the years, and never any other laptop. I also have a couple IBM servers in the house. Awesome machines, each one.

Latest status:

  • 750P - Ubuntu 6.06 LTS installed. No GUI attempted as of yet.
  • 600X - Used sometimes for testing latest distributions.
  • T60 - Daily use running Fedora 8 for web development, and Windows Vista for games.
  • 560E and 570 just sit around collecting dust at the moment.

ThinkPads in the family I maintain:

  • X22, 600E, A30

Linux still doesn't work perfectly on any of my ThinkPads, but I hope to get there some day.

--Whizkid 23:51, 18 February 2008 (CET)

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