Hi David, (I send this to misc because I guess some people may be interested)
go for the T42 I got mine from my institute and have to cope with it... and it's also fun to help the developers, but -as you say- you'll have more support for a T42 than from any 6X. I had in my hands an x31 for a couple of days and I think I heard the fan kicking in maybe... once? In the case of the x61s it's basically spinning all the time. The battery life in the X61s is better, that's for sure. I get some 5-6 hours and with the extended life battery it could go up to some... 8 hours? Not quite sure. If you need a long battery life, buy a new 8-cell battery for the T42 Oh, and don't think you'll get better support for the 6X if using linux, even if it's a version infested with blobs. As far as I can tell, as of now, OpenBSD is the OS from these two that better works on the lenovo X61s. I have a dual boot with "ubuntu" (puerk!! this is only because I need 3D accel. for some stupid reasons sometimes) and it's a mess. Have a look yourself: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=523022 I am considering myself to buy a refurbished T42... but then I'd choose SXGA(+) if possible. It pays off. I think the latest model supporting APM was the T43p. But I had a T43p myself and it was noisy as hell, even in apmd=-C mode. Cheers, Pau 2007/9/11, David Vasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Vim Visual wrote: > > > So... don't hesitate and get a new lnovo thinkpad x61s! > > Hi, > do you think that that new Lenovo ThinkPads (family "6") are at least as > good as the older IBM ones ("4" and older, like T41, X31)? The older > models are problably not plagued with the serious CPU bugs, have > reasonable power consumption and thus longer battery life, less heat and > less fan noise, do support APM (and hibernation), and contain supported > graphics chips. > > I am just now hesitaing between buying renewed T42 and either T60 or T61. > What would you recommend? > > Thanks for your answer. > > David > > > -- > David Vasek > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
