IBM T30 laptop

[Chong Yu Meng]

Net Llama! wrote:

> On 12/22/2005 07:53 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
>
>> I'm about to get a used IBM T30 laptop, Pentium 4 M-2ghz, 512 megs ram,
>> 40Gig HD, WindowsXP, dvd-rom. Plan to reduce winxp partition and add a
>> debian (of some type, maybe Kanotix or Ubuntu) install. Have heard good
>> things about these Thinkpads. Anyone have experience/advice?
>
>
> T30 is a good one, i've used it in the past.  Personally, I'd avoid 
> anything made by Lenovo.  They are utterly clueless idiots when it 
> comes to Linux.
>
>
I just love my Thinkpad R40! It works really well on Linux now. 
Previously there were issues with ACPI and when the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels 
first came out, there were some stability issues with Java and ACPI 
(IIRC), but it looks like everything works fine now. Not sure about 
Lenovo, though, because I haven't tried the newer models. TheT series 
Thinkpad that I briefly had at work was really remarkable too -- I was 
really sad to have to give it up.

The best thing about the Thinkpad IMHO is the keyboard, which is the 
most comfortable and durable I have ever used, and I have used Dell, 
Toshiba, Fujitsu, Acer (most uncomfortable keyboard) and Asus (my 
current workhorse). And the T series keyboard is better than the R or G 
series.

The only thing bad about Thinkpads is the battery life. After a few 
months, the battery-life drops off dramatically.

Regards,
pascal chong