Re: Which laptop?

["Brendan Kidwell-2" <user=1552@nabble.blu.org>]

 On 12/21/07, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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> Any first hand reports and recommendations? 


My Thinkpad X41 fairly old now too but I absolutely love it. The X41 and its 
successor (the X61?) are tablets with a swiveling display that folds on top 
of the keyboard and have a stylus for input in "tablet" mode. Mine has no 
optical drive but has the regular assortment of USB, memory card, and PCMCIA 
ports. It's a bit of a compromise on size, I've found that with the smaller 
lighter computer, I take it with me everywhere and it's even become my 
primary computer at home. I only use my Imac G5 when I need more CPU power 
or more pixels. 

Ubuntu Linux works perfectly on my X41 and I use CellWriter for character 
input via stylus when necessary. I use it in Tablet mode to take meeting 
notes and to read PDFs in Adobe Reader with a Bookmark plugin ( 
http://www.pdfhacks.com/bookmark_page/ ). 

Sorry that was a bit rambly... In conclusion, Thinkpads rock, and get a 
tablet if you can afford to have a smaller screen and no optical drive. 

Brendan Kidwell 

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