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  Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 04:08 -0800
    Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-02-20 18:29 -0500
      Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2013-02-20 18:40 -0800
      Re: Lightweight Laptops??? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2013-02-21 07:05 -0500
        Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2013-02-21 04:49 -0800
          Re: Lightweight Laptops??? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2013-02-21 10:41 -0500
            Re: Lightweight Laptops??? cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2013-02-21 19:53 -0800
              Re: Lightweight Laptops??? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2013-02-22 05:08 -0500
                Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2013-02-22 03:07 -0800
                Re: Lightweight Laptops??? cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> - 2013-02-22 12:13 -0800
    Re: Lightweight Laptops??? "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-02-23 15:28 +1300
      Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2013-02-23 05:08 -0800
        Re: Lightweight Laptops??? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2013-02-24 02:00 -0500
        Re: Lightweight Laptops??? "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-02-26 01:22 +1300
          Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you> - 2013-02-26 08:20 +0000
            Re: Lightweight Laptops??? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-02-26 22:10 +0000
              Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2013-02-27 07:07 +0000
                Re: Lightweight Laptops??? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-03-11 15:31 +0000
                  Re: Lightweight Laptops??? Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2013-03-12 09:29 +0000
      Re: Lightweight Laptops??? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-02-26 21:56 +0000
        Re: Lightweight Laptops??? "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-02-27 23:01 +1300
          Re: Lightweight Laptops??? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2013-03-11 15:33 +0000
            Re: Lightweight Laptops??? "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-03-13 14:20 +1300

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#1841

Somewhere on teh intarwebs the wharf rat wrote:
> In article <kg99ep$osf$1@dont-email.me>,
> ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am still to find a compelling reason to upgrade my 'ultraportable'
>> machine from the 2005 IBM X32 I currently use.
>>
>> It has a 1.8GHz Pentium M [Dothan - 2MB L2], is maxed at 2GB RAM,
>> has a 160GB IDE HDD, 11" screen (1024x768) and is light and lasts
>> for hours on a battery. (I have a half-dozen spare bats of varying
>> capacities.)
>>
>
> Lol, practically the same machine I use.  Does everything I need and
> it has a serial port. (Well, on the "media slice"...)

Yep. They're great machines huh? I paid something like $100 for my pristine 
one and got the planar for the other in a box of TP bits that I paid $20 
for. As I have seven or eight X31s in various states[*] it was a matter of 
less than an hour to swap the X32 planar into a previously-faulty X31 
case... It's an X32 in all but name.

[*] I bought a bunch of faulty X31s whenever they came up on a local on-line 
auction site for a while. The problem is almost always fixed by replacing a 
couple of SMD tantalum capacitors - which I also stocked up on. Now I just 
need the time to get around to fixing the ones that still need it. ;)

> I tried X40's
> and 51's but ended up back with this one...  An X40 with an ssd is
> another good choice; the trick is to get a regular format 1.8" and
> use a converter instead of paying for that wierd sideways drive.

Heh, yep, that'll work. Of course, if you're brave you can remove (or 
bypass) the SATA to PATA bridge-chip that IBM fitted to the X40/1 machines 
(and also the T43s and R52s) and run a latest generation 1.8" SATA SSD in 
the X40. :)

I have a couple of T43ps and an R52 sitting waiting for me to get the time 
to do the mod.

Cheers,
-- 
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a 
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) 

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#1843

In article <kgklff$lr2$1@dont-email.me>,
~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Heh, yep, that'll work. Of course, if you're brave you can remove (or 
>bypass) the SATA to PATA bridge-chip that IBM fitted to the X40/1 machines 
>(and also the T43s and R52s) and run a latest generation 1.8" SATA SSD in 
>the X40. :)
>

	Does the X40 have one of those?  It never gave me that bogus bios
error when I put unexpected disc drives into the things...

>I have a couple of T43ps and an R52 sitting waiting for me to get the time 

	T43 is one of my least favorite Thinkpads, mostly because of that 
stupid SATA/PATA arrangement.

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#1845

Somewhere on teh intarwebs the wharf rat wrote:
> In article <kgklff$lr2$1@dont-email.me>,
> ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Heh, yep, that'll work. Of course, if you're brave you can remove (or
>> bypass) the SATA to PATA bridge-chip that IBM fitted to the X40/1
>> machines (and also the T43s and R52s) and run a latest generation
>> 1.8" SATA SSD in the X40. :)
>
> Does the X40 have one of those?  It never gave me that bogus bios
> error when I put unexpected disc drives into the things...

TBH I'm not sure (never owned one). I know the X41 has it though.

>> I have a couple of T43ps and an R52 sitting waiting for me to get
>> the time
>
> T43 is one of my least favorite Thinkpads, mostly because of that
> stupid SATA/PATA arrangement.

Yeah, but otherwise (with a FlexView screen) the greatest single-core laptop 
on the planet - not that I exaggerate much! I have a few of them, as I said, 
mostly waiting for me to get time (and bench space) to do the mod - run them 
SATA natively. I have a T43p (with the UXGA Flexview) that is a dream to 
use - awesome on the eyes. (All of my T43/R52 machines have the Zender 
modded BIOS to allow them to use any HDD.)

However I prefer the R52 case as it's more rigid (due to the fact it's not 
so sleek) and the cooling fan is ~50% thicker - meaning it doesn't have to 
scream to move enough air to cool the CPU / GPU under heavy loads. So my 
single-core 'FrankenPad' is hopefully going to be the T43p planar modded to 
SATA and fitted into an R52 case. I might try the SATA mod out first on a 
'lesser' planar though. Actually the only real difference is the FireGL GPU 
and I'm not convinced that I need that much GPU in a laptop. <shrug>
-- 
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a 
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1) 

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