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Lenovo Uses Samsung SSDs in ThinkPads – Safe From Performance Problems
I currently have a Lenovo ThinkPad T60 — I got it a little over 2 years ago and have loved it. Lenovo support, while crumby at first, really came through the other time I needed them — calling to schedule a repair on a Saturday morning in order to get my repaired laptop back to [...]
Continue reading...Lenovo – 25% off Thinkpad T Notebooks
Thursday, February 12, 2009
From Dealsea Lenovo is offering additional 10-25% off on ThinkPad notebooks and other products with eCoupon “USPTHREEDAYSALE” thru 2/12. [Comments] NEW! 25% off ThinkPad T series Laptops 15% off ThinkPad R, X, Tablet, W Laptops 10% off ThinkPad SL Laptops 15% off IdeaPad Y Series & U Series Laptops 15% off ThinkCentre and ThinkStation Desktops 10% off Lenovo Monitors & [...]
Continue reading...Lenovo Confirms Dual Screen Laptop
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Rumors have been circulating for a while now but Lenovo has finally confirmed the details of their first dual screen laptop. The ThinkPad W700ds has a 17-inch primary display and a 10-inch secondary screen that slides out to the right. Hopefully this is the first in what will become a main stream feature for laptops. [...]
Continue reading...Lenovo 2 Day Sale – up to Extra 15% off Thinkpad Notebooks
Thursday, October 23, 2008
From Dealsea As someone in the market for an X300 or whatever the revised X300 becomes, I was really impressed with the sale price of the X300 (normally $2200+) of around $1400. Lenovo has up to Extra 15% off Thinkpad Notebooks valid through Oct. 24. Use eCoupon code “USPYPWWPOCT” in cart to see extra savings Lenovo new IdeaPad S10 [...]
Continue reading...Thinkpad Z61t 14.1″ Notebook $539
Monday, January 7, 2008
From Dealsea Extended while supplies last. Lenovo has Thinkpad Z61t Notebook for $599 – 10% off eCoupon code “USP1PAYPAL” when you pay with Paypal = $539 with free shipping. No blank space is allowed when you enter the code. And code is case sensitive. [Comments] Choose memory: 1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM) [...]
Continue reading...I Hate Laptop Manufacturers
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
This Christmas brought different laptops to some family members that I ended up helping setup and over all, looking at everything from a brand new Sony, to a new HP, to a new ThinkPad I have to say that I hate Laptop Manufacturers. There are three reasons for this: They all think creating their own utilities to [...]
Continue reading...IBM / Lenovo ThinkPad Support is Unbelievably Bad
Monday, October 16, 2006
This is my 4th time calling IBM / Lenovo support and it’s not getting easier or faster. Let’s take a quick look at what Apple Support was like: Call Apple Support Press a menu option Press another menu option Wait for 1-3mins, talk to a person, fix problem/get replacement/whatever Let’s have a look at my ThinkPad Support so far: Call Lenovo [...]
Continue reading...IBM/Lenovo Recall Batteries
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Well now that I’m a ThinkPad T60 owner this effects me, and maybe some of you. IBM/Lenovo have joined the recall fray recalling all their Sony batteries… just like everyone else. Use this link to check your battery.
Continue reading...Ubuntu 6.06 + ThinkPad T60 Wifi (ipw3945) + WEP/WAP
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Ok the short story here is that the wireless adapter on the ThinkPad T60 series of notebooks (ipw3945 driver) work fine with Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) IF you are using no encryption or WEP encryption. I put “if” in bold back there because I’m a moron, let me explain: I received my ThinkPad T60 from UPS [...]
Continue reading...Choosing a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo Laptop
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
or Introduction I’ve been in the market for a new laptop recently and have been trying to decide between purchasing a new Core Duo system now, or waiting a few months for all the Core 2 Duo laptops to be out and then take my pick. A usage requirement I realized recently that I had [...]
Continue reading...Shuttle XPC: Step Aside Mac Mini
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
For those that haven’t caught it yet, have a glance at the new Shuttle XPC X100 Mini PC: The stats on this are surprising powerful and to boot, Vista capable, have a gander: Intel Core Duo 1.6Ghz – 2.0Ghz Intel 945PM Chipset Up to 2GB DDR 533 Ram 250GB 7200 RPM SATA Drive ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 Intel HD Audio Realtek 8110 Gigabit [...]
Continue reading...Linux Laptop Installation/Device Support Results
Monday, August 21, 2006
Ran across this excellent survey of thousands of writeups about installing different Linux distrobutions on all different types of laptops. I’m thinking of getting a ThinkPad T60 or the Core 2 Duo update after the T60 and was really curious how Ubuntu did. It was really easy to click the ThinkPad series and then scroll [...]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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