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===Changed/Upgraded to/with:=== | ===Changed/Upgraded to/with:=== | ||
| + | * Intel Pentium M 1.4 undervolted | ||
* 2 GB DDR 400 RAM (Kingston KVR400X64SC3A/1G) running at 266MHz | * 2 GB DDR 400 RAM (Kingston KVR400X64SC3A/1G) running at 266MHz | ||
| − | * | + | * 160 GB Hitachi TravelStar 5K160 (HTS541616J9AT00) |
* Intel Pro/Wireless 2915 ABG MiniPCI card | * Intel Pro/Wireless 2915 ABG MiniPCI card | ||
* Modem Daughter Card (MDC) removed | * Modem Daughter Card (MDC) removed | ||
* PXE boot via Bios disabled | * PXE boot via Bios disabled | ||
| − | * | + | * latest BIOS/EC-Frimware (3.02/1.08) |
===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 | + | 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 these "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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This is partly may also featured by the newer ones, but I miss some things of my X31 '''''very''''' much on them: | 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 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 battery in the back makes the newer ones sort of unbalanced and causes these port-layout problems | ||
*the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders is absolutely robust and "unbreakable". Or at least feels like this ;) | *the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders 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 | + | *its one of the last fully IBM engineered ones |
| − | * | + | *even if at 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 |
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Latest revision as of 00:12, 22 February 2009
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:
- Intel Pentium M 1.4 undervolted
- 2 GB DDR 400 RAM (Kingston KVR400X64SC3A/1G) running at 266MHz
- 160 GB Hitachi TravelStar 5K160 (HTS541616J9AT00)
- Intel Pro/Wireless 2915 ABG MiniPCI card
- Modem Daughter Card (MDC) removed
- PXE boot via Bios disabled
- latest 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 these "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 battery in the back makes the newer ones sort of unbalanced and causes these port-layout problems
- the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders 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 engineered ones
- even if at 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
