Subj : Re: Home Lab
To   : Ogg
From : Paulie420
Date : Mon May 04 2020 11:18:53

  Re: Re: Home Lab
  By: Ogg to All on Sun May 03 2020 10:38 pm

 Og> I have exactly that on a reccently acquired T540p.
 Og> I am finding it very difficult to get used that new design.
 Og> I am still using my T60 and it has a small trackapd with actual L+R 
 Og> buttons below the pad *and* an extra set of buttons above it. The keyboard
 Og> operates smooth as butter.
 Og> The T540p has chicklet keys. I do not like those very much at all.
 Og> It is a shame that engineers mess around with something that works so well
 Og> for the sake of appearances.

My ThinkPad collection is still my favorite go-to laptops. They are just tanks, I can beat them down and they keep on serving me - and they do it WELL... as far as Linux goes, I'm often surprised at how much decent, current 2020 worthy tasks they can chew up and spit out... 

You know, and sure its a task, but you can replace some newer models keyboards with the older style. I have a T430s with the older T420 keyboard installed. I've also upgraded a few of the LCD panels; there are two easy 1080p+ options.

The ThinkPads are tanks - just smash and mash them into what you need for today.. I've a pretty 27" Apple box for when it needs to be pretty - for getting work done, you can find ME [right now] on a Think-linux-box...

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