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Folks.
I have an ancient Thinkpad IBM 600e running Mepis 3.3 (a Debian derivative)
with the 2.4 kernel. Has 256mb memory which is about max for this model.
Runs fine but slow. Its my backup machine so I don't use it often... except
when I go on the road to show our Jaya123 web-service
(http://www.jaya123.com) which we demo on local apache2, MySQL, etc. Works
OK, but still slow. Time to get something new.

I love the quality of the TP... and how well they run Linux. There are a
billion TP models. I don't want to spend a ton of money, but want something
with a P4 and at least 512MB. Being lightweight would be nice but it's not
a big deal. Anyone recommend a model and maybe a place to buy it? Does IBM
ever have 'closeouts' on models they are putting out to pasture? What is
"Centrino"? Is this a chip, an architecture, or a protocol? Do I want/need
it for wireless at an airport?

Thanks folks.

Al C.

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> I love the quality of the TP... and how well they run Linux. There are a
> billion TP models. I don't want to spend a ton of money, but want
> something
> with a P4 and at least 512MB. Being lightweight would be nice but it's not
> a big deal. Anyone recommend a model and maybe a place to buy it? Does IBM
> ever have 'closeouts' on models they are putting out to pasture? What is
> "Centrino"? Is this a chip, an architecture, or a protocol? Do I want/need
> it for wireless at an airport?
>
> Thanks folks.
>
> Al C.

Hi Al,

Centrino allows laptops to : be thinner, use less energy; longer batter
life, produce less heat; be quieter. It's worth getting. Wireless - get it
if you need it. IBM do special deals every now and then, but they're not
particularly special. Top of the range is the T series. R series is also
excellent.

Duncan.
P.S. There's a spelling mistake on your website - a were should be where in
FAQs under what about security?

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Duncan J Murray wrote:

>
>> I love the quality of the TP... and how well they run Linux. There are a
>> billion TP models. I don't want to spend a ton of money, but want
>> something
>> with a P4 and at least 512MB. Being lightweight would be nice but it's
>> not a big deal. Anyone recommend a model and maybe a place to buy it?
>> Does IBM ever have 'closeouts' on models they are putting out to pasture?
>> What is "Centrino"? Is this a chip, an architecture, or a protocol? Do I
>> want/need it for wireless at an airport?
>>
>> Thanks folks.
>>
>> Al C.
>
> Hi Al,
>
> Centrino allows laptops to : be thinner, use less energy; longer batter
> life, produce less heat; be quieter. It's worth getting. Wireless - get
> it
> if you need it. IBM do special deals every now and then, but they're not
> particularly special. Top of the range is the T series. R series is also
> excellent.
>
> Duncan.
> P.S. There's a spelling mistake on your website - a were should be where
> in FAQs under what about security?

Thanks for the info. I'm going to start looking for a new laptop in the
'lower range' of the TP series and maybe I can come up with a 'deal' but
I'm not counting on it.

Al
PS: Thanks for the tip on the spelling. Fixed it.

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Al. C wrote:
> Duncan J Murray wrote:
>
>>
>>> I love the quality of the TP... and how well they run Linux. There
>>> are a billion TP models. I don't want to spend a ton of money, but
>>> want something
>>> with a P4 and at least 512MB. Being lightweight would be nice but
>>> it's not a big deal. Anyone recommend a model and maybe a place to
>>> buy it? Does IBM ever have 'closeouts' on models they are putting
>>> out to pasture? What is "Centrino"? Is this a chip, an
>>> architecture, or a protocol? Do I want/need it for wireless at an
>>> airport?
>>>
>>> Thanks folks.
>>>
>>> Al C.
>>
>> Hi Al,
>>
>> Centrino allows laptops to : be thinner, use less energy; longer
>> batter life, produce less heat; be quieter. It's worth getting.
>> Wireless - get it
>> if you need it. IBM do special deals every now and then, but
>> they're not particularly special. Top of the range is the T series.
>> R series is also excellent.
>>
>> Duncan.
>> P.S. There's a spelling mistake on your website - a were should be
>> where in FAQs under what about security?
>
> Thanks for the info. I'm going to start looking for a new laptop in
> the 'lower range' of the TP series and maybe I can come up with a
> 'deal' but I'm not counting on it.
>
> Al
> PS: Thanks for the tip on the spelling. Fixed it.

It's getting to be less important, but I still recommend that your Linux
distro be checked thoroughly against the hardware on a new laptop to
prevent surprises.

Q

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"Al. C" <no_spam_acanton_takeout@adams-blake.nospam.com> writes:
> I have an ancient Thinkpad IBM 600e running Mepis 3.3 (a Debian derivative)
> with the 2.4 kernel. Has 256mb memory which is about max for this model.

You should be able to put 512mb in that machine despite the specs saying
otherwise.

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Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Al. C" <no_spam_acanton_takeout@adams-blake.nospam.com> writes:
>> I have an ancient Thinkpad IBM 600e running Mepis 3.3 (a Debian
>> derivative) with the 2.4 kernel. Has 256mb memory which is about max
>> for this model.
>
> You should be able to put 512mb in that machine despite the specs
> saying otherwise.

Actually, the specs have been updated to show that most 600E models will max
out at 554MB RAM with two 256MB PC100 lo-density So-DIMM installed along
with the 32MB on the motherboard.

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/ [...] IGR-4E4RG3

Regards,

James

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Al. C wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info. I'm going to start looking for a new laptop in
> the 'lower range' of the TP series and maybe I can come up with a
> 'deal' but I'm not counting on it.

Check the "For Sale" forum at http://forum.thinkpads.com

There are a number of "deals" available, including a brand new T42 up for
offers!

http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/ [...] logId=-840

Regards,

James