From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 05:16:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B72EC106568A for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6701F8FC16 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9D5Gfb1028347; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:16:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:16:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:16:23 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Ian Smith Message-ID: <20081013051623.GA6708@thought.org> References: <20081010234314.GA54139@thought.org> <20081011121019.F16723@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20081011093828.GB79660@thought.org> <20081012171558.V16723@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081012171558.V16723@sola.nimnet.asn.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List Subject: Re: ThinkPad 3GHz [[ alledgedly]] X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:16:29 -0000 On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 06:29:05PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Gary Kline wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 01:09:45PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Gary Kline wrote: > [..] > > > > I just bought the last pre-Lenovo [?] IBM ThinkPad. I would have > Fair enough. Well I'd never even heard of the G-series before, so it's > news to me. I see they do sport a Mobile P4 from 3.06 up to 3.46GHz. > Best reference I found is: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:G41 > > > Anyway, in case you need some (clearing my throat) "fertilizer", > > I can send you what i've scraped off. > > Thanks all the same, but we have chooks here for that .. > :-) > > That's the one. For years I've done most of my day to day work on a '99 > Compaq 1500c laptop that refuses to die, though its second keyboard is > getting sloppy, but it has the best touchpad I've used including several > more recent laptops including MY daughter's Macs. I'm still not ready > to move to my T23 for day to day work despite its excellent keyboard, > after quite regular attempts at being at least half as productive with > its TrackPoint. People keep telling me that I'll get used to it .. > > Maybe I'll just have to be my own guinea pig, though it's now ~A$100 .. > i Bought some kind of 1980 clicky keyboard: ~$90US. But it's very, very nice. I can hear every key, even tho I watch the keyboad and not the display. [never learned to type]. > > > > I'll poke around on web and on computer. It's heavy for a > > "portable"; 11 lbs to ship, so 8or 9 probably. Did I mention that > > I had the guy upgrad to a 120G drive and 2GB of DDR? > > No, but that's good. Yeah it looks pretty chunky, hardly for the lap, > still it'll use a lot less power than a desktop and likely last forever. LOL, that's the idea. My bare-bones AMD sux up more watts that our old refrigerator.... now that was had to believe until I actually bought a Watt-O-Meter [or whatever]. As soon as I have 7.1 or Ubuntu 8.xx, I can turn off the home-brew and relax knowing that I'm that kmuch greener. > I see options include 3 screens, either Intel or NVidia video, 2 wifi > adaptors (both Atheros based, should work) and 2 Broadcomm LAN adaptors. > I guess it does pay to look on the underside. The DOZE key is there along with several other numbers. Is this the S/N: 99 - A0776 ?? You're right about it not being a brgain l'top. --Well, if you are 6-foot-6... . > > Well do check the IBM/Lenovo site regarding its BIOS and EC versions, > and be sure to install the latest ones, especially regarding ACPI, as > you'll probably want to run powerd to keep it running cool when idle. I'll check this out. Seems like the XP powers down within a few minutes. Maybe I'll try to upgrad the BIOS while I've still got the DOS on there. I've nevver upgraded a BIOS so this will be a new one. --Still waiting to get a new /used 25" CAT5 cable. tHe one from '03 is flakey.-- > > Ah, just downloaded the Hardware Maintenance Manual referenced on that > ThinkWiki page to add to my collection .. gotta love IBM manuals .. and > see that a) some actually went up to 3.73GHz, whee, and b) it has a > floppy drive, which may make BIOS upgrading less tedious, though you may > still need to make floppy/s on a 'doze box (eg this one before wiping?) > No floppy drive with the computer. I did save the one from my 600E. This model runs at 3.06GHz. Should be fast enough since I'll use use part of the memory as a drive. --Floppy/s; have to search around, or beg, borrow, steal! > All in all, it looks like a pretty useful sort of machine, if you're not > planning to cart it around too much. Furthest is over to the branch library. But only if I can find a winch:) > Can I ask what you paid for it? Got it from Quebeck and haven't kept track of the exchange rate. But the original was $600+ $95 for the upgrade. Plus 3-day rush-rush shipping. NO BLOODY IDEA why the shipping had to be so fast.... Anyway around 735Can$. But this one will probably outlive me, so I figure it was a good deal. gary > > cheers, Ian -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org