21 May 21:05
20 May 12:00
18 May 15:08
Thinkpad sources
Some Lenovo computers are still assembled in NC, typically custom to order (CTO) machines, especially Government orders. _______________________ Robert Rosen Senior Technical Advisor, NIAMS Sent from the portable shiny device Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 20:05:33 -0400 (EDT) From: tataslon@...<mailto:tataslon@...> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] ThinkPad X Tablets with high res screen To: khourypa@...<mailto:khourypa@...>, thinkpad@...<mailto:thinkpad@...> The Scotland plant which is now a call center assembled ThinkPads way into early T4x series. I was told that the small quantities of ThinkPads were assembled in North Carolina...don't know if it's true. The planars are Chinese, Foxconn on all of them, though... Cheers, George
18 May 02:41
17 May 22:01
Re: Thinkpad Digest, Vol 104, Issue 14
Thanks, I hadn't heard about this. I guess my current X220 will be the last ThinkPad I own. Alban thinkpad-request@... wrote: > Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 20:22:16 -0700 > From: "Paul Khoury"<khourypa@...> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] New computer suggestions > To:<thinkpad@...> > Message-ID:<EA38EAC4BF8D43F2B3997E9DE36D8046 <at> wisconsin> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > And for the curious: > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57435504-93/lenovo-dumps-classic-keyboard-o > n-new-thinkpad-laptops/ > > _____ > > From:tataslon@... [mailto:tataslon@...] > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 20:14 > To:khourypa@...;thinkpad@... > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] New computer suggestions > > > The last ones with conventional keyboards are the *20 series... > > Cheers, >(Continue reading)
17 May 17:03
Retro Readyboost
I've seen even crummy USB2 memory sticks touted as Readyboost devices for modern computers. So I'm wondering if putting say a 4 GB memory card in the Express-thingie slot of my X32, and assigning it as the Swap partition under XP, might speed things up and reduce access to hard drive. Yes, it's still a mechanical drive. I *never* use the Express-thingie slot for anything else. Other considerations might include: hiding the new swap partition, not assigning it a letter, how fast would swap- filing kill the card?, what's the minimum speed / brand of card that would make this a speed improvement over the status quo, using the mechanical drive for swapping? Anybody tried such a thing? -- -- happy Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm
16 May 19:13
New computer suggestions
Remember the new Thinkpads with the Ivy Bridge processors will be out probably by June/July. You might want to wait for the newer machines or possibly the pricing on the old ones will drop. _______________________ Robert Rosen Senior Technical Advisor, NIAMS Sent from the portable shiny device Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:16 -0400 From: Stuart Friedman <shrinkwrap86@...<mailto:shrinkwrap86@...>> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad Digest, Vol 104, Issue 11 To: thinkpad@...<mailto:thinkpad@...> Message-ID: <CAHyWKf08gQQVEvx1-S0GAXaaOXy7+AyYZZDP7RtMdrPrjVqZAQ@...<mailto:CAHyWKf08gQQVEvx1-S0GAXaaOXy7+AyYZZDP7RtMdrPrjVqZAQ@...>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Pardon if you have seen this elsewhere, time is drawing near and I need to make a decision in the next 24 hours on this. I am about to order a T520 with FHD screen and one of the i5 processors. My use is web, watching videos, office applications and some light use of Lightroom. It seems that the least expensive processor should work, but I am uncertain about video and wireless. There is some discussion around that it best to avoid the default Thinkpad wireless card and go for one of the Intel. As to video... upgrading to the NVIDIA Quadro NVS4200M Optimus(Continue reading)
15 May 20:35
Re: Thinkpad Digest, Vol 104, Issue 11
Pardon if you have seen this elsewhere, time is drawing near and I need to make a decision in the next 24 hours on this. I am about to order a T520 with FHD screen and one of the i5 processors. My use is web, watching videos, office applications and some light use of Lightroom. It seems that the least expensive processor should work, but I am uncertain about video and wireless. There is some discussion around that it best to avoid the default Thinkpad wireless card and go for one of the Intel. As to video... upgrading to the NVIDIA Quadro NVS4200M Optimus technology (1GB) from the integrated Intel GPU adds about $120 to the price. It presumably lowers battery life (not terribly important as I am usually on AC) but not sure that my use warrants it. This replaces a T43 with the IPS screen, still mostly works but getting long in the tooth, I am soon to lose my access to the EPP, and I need to future proof myself, especially when it comes to possible repairs. Suggestions? Stuartf >
14 May 20:11
10 May 22:02
Re: (no subject)
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9 May 18:00
Hardware interrupts using up high CPU load on x61
Lo, I use process explorer to replace the task manager and it shows "interrupts" running at 30% on x61 after i have been using the laptop for say 15minutes. Its not present at boot up so it seems to kick in later. I have run PC doctor off cd and it passed all tests. Is this a common problem with the x61? (along with the squeaking noise at the right side of the laptop) Any other ideas to try and find out what is happening? Martin N Running MorphOS v2.6 (Nov 2010) on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups
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