Subj : Re: Thinkpad Nostalgia
To   : boraxman
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Mar 12 2023 08:36:00

-=> boraxman wrote to vorlon <=-

 bo> I'm using 32 bit Debian on my Thinkpad T43.  I would recommend at least
 bo> 2G to run it, but it works well.  From what I've read, Debian 12 will
 bo> still support 32 bit.

I loved those old T43s. a 32-bit Linux, SATA SSD, and max the RAM out,
and it's a usable little system. The only thing that was a bit choppy
was full-screen video. I used that for *years* as a daily driver when I
was out in coffee shops, and loved the looks you'd get from a coffee
shop full of MacBooks when you pull out a square black stickerbombed
laptop.

I could never find the holy grail, a T43 with the 2.0 Ghz processor.
Most of the ones I ran into were 1.7.



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