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Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad

From	Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops.thinkpad
Subject	Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad
Date	2026-06-21 23:32 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<1119s9m$150rf$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Hiya o/

I've been using a T60 Thinkpad with Linux for the past couple of years, 
and I've been thinking about doing some more upgrades on it recently! I 
think it could use some fresher hardware.

I've been planning for a second drive, that I will mount on the back of 
the case, I've gotten the idea from some pretty interesting custom 
Thinkpads on r/Thinkpads, they're a great source for inspirations on 
upgrades, really.

I've had quite a look into getting a new heatsink, I'm not sure the 
difference that it would make but I saw on the Thinkpad forums that a 
T500 heatsink can infact fit into a T60 quite well, they seem pretty 
analog from what I saw, but it could be something worthwile, it gets hot 
quite quickly when I'm compiling on Gentoo.

Also, last but not least, a dock! I've been researching for ages to try 
and get a dock, alot of them seem to be from Germany but I saw a new one 
crop up recently on eBay for only around £8 so that's a pretty sweet 
deal! Especially considering the prices usually range around £20 with 
international delivery not included!

Anyways, I hope you're all having a great day! Let me know what you 
think! Should I try and do a screen upgrade? The 1024x768 panel is 
pretty good, but I'd like a little more resolution if I could, but I'm 
not sure if that might kill the vibe a bit?
-- 
- Mokka

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

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Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-21 23:32 +0000
  Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2026-06-22 13:05 +1000
    Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-22 06:26 +0000
      Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2026-06-22 18:08 +1000
        Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-22 08:21 +0000
          Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-06-23 09:49 +1000
            Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-24 15:10 +0100
              Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad bp@www.zefox.net - 2026-06-24 17:54 +0000
                Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-30 10:07 +0100
              Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-06-25 09:40 +1000
                Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad Caffeine Canidae <samuel.common@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-30 10:14 +0100

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