Thinkpad X1 CarbonThinkpad X1 Carbon
I just bought a Thinkpad X1 Carbon to replace my Thinkpad X301 [1]. It cost me $289 with free shipping from an eBay merchant which is a great deal, a[...]
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Thinkpad X301Thinkpad X301
Another Broken Thinkpad A few months ago I wrote a post about “Observing Reliability” [1] regarding my Thinkpad T420. I noted that the T420 had been running for almost 4[...]
Is a Thinkpad Still Like a Rolls-RoyceIs a Thinkpad Still Like a Rolls-Royce
For a long time the Thinkpad has been widely regarded as the “Rolls-Royce of laptops”. Since 2003 one could argue that Rolls-Royce is no longer the Rolls-Royce of cars [1].[...]
Thinkpad T420Thinkpad T420
I’ve owned a Thinkpad T61 since February 2010 [1]. In most ways it’s a great system and it still does most things that I require, even though it inspired my[...]
Cooling a ThinkpadCooling a Thinkpad
Late last year I wrote about the way that modern laptops suck [1]. One of the problems that inspired that post was the excessive heat generated by my Thinkpad T61.[...]
Modern Laptops SuckModern Laptops Suck
One of the reasons why I’m moving from a laptop to a cloud lifestyle [1] is that laptops suck nowadays. Engineering Trade-offs Laptops have always had disadvantages when compared to[...]
Moving from a Laptop to a Cloud LifestyleMoving from a Laptop to a Cloud Lifestyle
My Laptop History In 1998 I bought my first laptop, it was a Thinkpad 385XD, it had a PentiumMMX 233MHz CPU, 96M of RAM, and an 800*600 display. This was[...]