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The Laptop Saga Continued
Zach was taken care of by Apple (I guess it’s now clear Apple wins for service as well as hardware design). I got a few days tacked onto my ordeal as my laptop is expected to ship out a few days later...
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It’s alive
The laptop story is finally over. Yesterday, a shiny new Thinkpad T43 arrived. I gave it a few hours yesterday and it performed well, no signs of any problems. I’ve got some extra RAM on order to help...
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New Laptop
I’ve now had about about 48hrs with the new laptop. Just a few thoughts (in no paticular order): On the plus side Well built as typical of IBM. Nothing if squeaky, flimsy. It feels very solid, despite...
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New Laptop Redux
I definitely like my new IBM Thinkpad (made by Lenovo). I did have a few complaints of things that weren’t quite ideal, so I though I’d do a quick little post on how they have been resolved (or if I...
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New Keyboard
I said the other day, I asked IBM support for a new keyboard because I felt the one that shipped was of lower quality (to which many Thinkpad users agree). Yesterday, a 14″ keyboard arrived. I called...
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The ports keep marching forward
I’m a strong believer that form = function. A well designed product just works better. My T43 is a fairly well designed computer, minus it’s few shortcomings. Now take a look at the T60, which I just...
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Thinkpad Access Connectons 4.1
Downloading Thinkpad Access Connections 4.1 right now, looking at the changelog, I see one thing in particular I really like: - (New) Support Firefox internet browser setting in location profile Yea!...
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IBM Joins OpenOffice
I guess everyone wants in on the office space. IBM is joining OpenOffice. Not a bad move considering IBM’s general investment in non-Windows based OS’s. IBM seems to have favorite projects when they...
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Making Products Easy To Repair
Lately consumer protection and financial laws seem to be a favorite of politicians who want to help the American people “keep their hard earned money”, er whatever slogan it is they go with these days....
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Space Shuttle’s Y2K-like Problem
Here’s curious tidbit from someone on reddit.com who identifies themselves as a Johnson Space Center Employee: The Shuttle suffers from its own Y2K problem. The system computers run clocks that are set...
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