Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 29 2022 22:01:44

 pF>  bo> That is pretty cool, I will look out for them.  When I was looking, I
 pF>  bo> was looking at newer models (Thinkpads, T450 or later) which were abo
 pF>  bo> $200.
 pF> 
 pF> Thinkpads have a pretty long life, and used ones were usually maxxed out
 pF> (or  close to it) so a business could get 3 years out of them.
 pF> 
 pF> I have a T410, it's one of the last with a traditional keyboard, and
 pF> it's  not an Ultrabook, but I love the keyboard and it's got an old i7
 pF> CPU in it.
 pF> 
 pF> The T430 (I think) was the first thinner Thinkpad with the "island" 
 pF> keyboard, they most likely have a lot of life left, especially if you 
 pF> replace the SATA drive with an SSD. You might get a deal on one.
 pF> 
 pF> Some of the older T series had a 2.5" SATA drive and a 16GB MMC drive. 
 pF> Windows has a driver to use the MMC like a big cache that's kind of neat.
 pF> 
I got a T470 for my wife, I'm tempted to get one myself.  I do prefer the older style keyboard, strongly.

I'm still using a T43 that I got second hand.  The only thing I need to change on it was to add 1G of RAM, and get a bigger hard drive.  Still works just fine.

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