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==my ThinkPad '''''Workstation'''''==  | ==my ThinkPad '''''Workstation'''''==  | ||
| − | [[:Category:X31|  | + | ThinkPad [[:Category:X31|X31]] (Model: 2672-C2G) running [[:Category:Debian|Debian]] Testing  | 
| − | ===  | + | ===Default Features===  | 
| − | *   | + | * Intel Pentium M 1.4  | 
| − | *   | + | * 256 MB PC2100  | 
| + | * 40GB Hitachi HDD  | ||
| + | * Intel 10/100 Ethernet controller (PXE boot enabled)  | ||
| + | * CDC slot with Modem Daughter Card (MDC)  | ||
| + | * MiniPCI slot with Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter  | ||
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| + | ===Changed/Upgraded to/with:===  | ||
| + | * Intel Pentium M 1.4 undervolted  | ||
| + | * 2 GB DDR 400 RAM (Kingston KVR400X64SC3A/1G) running at 266MHz  | ||
| + | * 160 GB Hitachi TravelStar 5K160 (HTS541616J9AT00)  | ||
| + | * Intel Pro/Wireless 2915 ABG MiniPCI card  | ||
| + | * Modem Daughter Card (MDC) removed  | ||
| + | * PXE boot via Bios disabled  | ||
| + | * latest BIOS/EC-Frimware (3.02/1.08)  | ||
===why I have chosen/stick to this very model===  | ===why I have chosen/stick to this very model===  | ||
| − | I think this is may the last Thinkpad purchase I ever made, not because I don't like it, actually I love it, but I don't like   | + | I think this is may the last Thinkpad purchase I ever made, not because I don't like it, actually I love it, but I don't like these "newer ones" (ThinkPad X40 and higher).  | 
For me this this very model was/is the (second) last '''''perfect''''' one, so I never got a newer one and the last known good, the X32, is not a update which is really enhancing.  | For me this this very model was/is the (second) last '''''perfect''''' one, so I never got a newer one and the last known good, the X32, is not a update which is really enhancing.  | ||
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This is partly may also featured by the newer ones, but I miss some things of my X31 '''''very''''' much on them:  | This is partly may also featured by the newer ones, but I miss some things of my X31 '''''very''''' much on them:  | ||
*the port-layout is much better than the "newer one". I hate ports on the sides especially on the right one, and all newer ones have all ports there...  | *the port-layout is much better than the "newer one". I hate ports on the sides especially on the right one, and all newer ones have all ports there...  | ||
| − | *the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders   | + | *the battery in the back makes the newer ones sort of unbalanced and causes these port-layout problems  | 
| + | *the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders is absolutely robust and "unbreakable". Or at least feels like this ;)  | ||
*the overall case feels much better engineered, like I could walk over it without doing any damage, the newer ones just don't feel like this (no I am not going to try it)  | *the overall case feels much better engineered, like I could walk over it without doing any damage, the newer ones just don't feel like this (no I am not going to try it)  | ||
| − | *its one of the last fully IBM   | + | *its one of the last fully IBM engineered ones  | 
| − | + | *even if at first seemed like Lenovo could keep up the "legendary" quality, or even increase it to the old "pre-outsourcing" level, it now seems like this was wishful thinking  | |
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Latest revision as of 00:12, 22 February 2009
Contents
my ThinkPad Workstation
ThinkPad X31 (Model: 2672-C2G) running Debian Testing
Default Features
- Intel Pentium M 1.4
 - 256 MB PC2100
 - 40GB Hitachi HDD
 - Intel 10/100 Ethernet controller (PXE boot enabled)
 - CDC slot with Modem Daughter Card (MDC)
 - MiniPCI slot with Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
 
Changed/Upgraded to/with:
- Intel Pentium M 1.4 undervolted
 - 2 GB DDR 400 RAM (Kingston KVR400X64SC3A/1G) running at 266MHz
 - 160 GB Hitachi TravelStar 5K160 (HTS541616J9AT00)
 - Intel Pro/Wireless 2915 ABG MiniPCI card
 - Modem Daughter Card (MDC) removed
 - PXE boot via Bios disabled
 - latest BIOS/EC-Frimware (3.02/1.08)
 
why I have chosen/stick to this very model
I think this is may the last Thinkpad purchase I ever made, not because I don't like it, actually I love it, but I don't like these "newer ones" (ThinkPad X40 and higher).
For me this this very model was/is the (second) last perfect one, so I never got a newer one and the last known good, the X32, is not a update which is really enhancing. My X31 is very solid, ultraportable and fast enough for the "office" stuff I do with it.
This is partly may also featured by the newer ones, but I miss some things of my X31 very much on them:
- the port-layout is much better than the "newer one". I hate ports on the sides especially on the right one, and all newer ones have all ports there...
 - the battery in the back makes the newer ones sort of unbalanced and causes these port-layout problems
 - the LCD cover with this thick, wide, "salient" borders is absolutely robust and "unbreakable". Or at least feels like this ;)
 - the overall case feels much better engineered, like I could walk over it without doing any damage, the newer ones just don't feel like this (no I am not going to try it)
 - its one of the last fully IBM engineered ones
 - even if at first seemed like Lenovo could keep up the "legendary" quality, or even increase it to the old "pre-outsourcing" level, it now seems like this was wishful thinking