I have heared a number of thinkpad users asking "why does lenovo" not lower the trackpoint a bit? Well, in the It's handy to have a lens cleaning cloth for your laptop and In any case it is a a good practice to always put a soft cloth between screen and keyboard before you close Rubb on the screen and sratch off some of the anti glare coating. Vibration during transport caused the keys to The laptop I could see almost every key on the black screen. He added too much bubble wrap such that the laptop was really squeezed and when I received I had one case where the seller packaged the laptop inĪ very tight box. Screen and keyboard before shipping the computer. When you buy your laptop on ebay then ask the seller to put a kleenex paper tissue or a paper towel between Put it onto the keyboard before you close the screen. You can have a pair of USB 3.0 ports even on such an old laptop.Ĭleaning cloth to protect the screen from beeing scratched by the trackpoint and the mouse buttons. These older laptops have also something that no new laptop has: express card slots. I was able to get all back into a good condition. That it would result in one very good laptop but thanks to the availability of inexpensive spare parts Originally I bought one reasonably looking T60 on ebay and then some cheaper ones as spare parts thinking New batteries are still available on ebay. It is still possible to buy most spare parts. It might need some repairs andĬleaning but it is possible to get it back to "as good as new" condition within a few days since You can get a decent machine for under 100$.
Like the T60 you understand how much computers have degraded over the years.Ī used T60 is cheap. Over the years with their wide screens but once you try again one of those old classic machines All these are features you can notįind on any modern computer. My thinkpads and therefore the smaller the touchpad the better. Has the classic keys which are very good and it has a small touchpad. The reason is simple: it has a 4x3 screen ratio which is impossible to buy today.
Why would I buy in 2018 a computer from 2006 and install a 32 bit linux on it?