From: Benny Sabini (before_at_cbn.net.id)
Date: Mon Feb 19 2001 - 22:39:27 EST
My first Thinkpad was a 701C. IMHO the keyboard was one of the worst aside
from the good overall
design. Currently I am using a T20 with 14' screen. By far the best thinkpad
so far...including the keyboard.
I think T20 is suitable for a touch typist.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominique Pivard" <domi_at_kenavo.fi>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Which Thinkpad for the writer/typist
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 at 12:56 AM you, Not Me <notme_at_itr.com>, said:
>
> >My primary computer is the ThinkPad 560X. The reason is that I do my
> >writing on, literally, a laptop computer. The ThinkPad 560X, because its
> >weighs only 4 pounds, is much more comfortable for me as a laptop
> >computer than the 600E, which weighs about six pounds.
>
> I'm in a very similar situation: I'm still using the 560X as my primary
> computer, but am in the process of moving to the 570/570E.
>
> >The ThinkPad 600E has a couple of advantages over the 560X.
> >First, the 600E does have a better keyboard than the 560X.
>
> Agreed, the 600 keyboard is very nice, but the 560 isn't bad either. At
> any rate, it feels better in my opinion than the 570, because the 560 is
> thicker than the 570 (the 570 flexes a lot).
>
> >Second, the 600E can take a second battery. When I have to work away from
> >a power sources for several hours, the 600E is the machine I use. I have
> >bought two Ultraslimbay batteries. With these two additional batteries
> >and the primary battery I can work for over seven hours without shutting
> >down the 600E.
>
> This was not an issue for me (I compute mostly at home), but I eventually
> got rid of the 600E because I found it too heavy on my lap (compared to
> the 560X). I also found it got hotter underneath, which was a problem,
> especially when wearing shorts.
>
> I'd love to see current models like the T2x and the X20 with "slow" CPU's
> like the 233MMX ;-). Well, maybe this is what SpeedStep is supposed to
> achieve (no experience of it).
>
> One advantage of the 600/570 over the 560X is that the latter maxes out at
> 96 MB (a bit short for W2K, for instance).
>
> >If I were going to buy a ThinkPad 560 now I would buy at 560Z rather than
> >a 560X because the 560Z has a user replaceable hard drive. (I'm not a
> >hardware guy. I paid an IBM authorized service facility $200 to install
> >the 18GB hard drive in my 560X and transfer all of my data from the
> >original 4GB drive.) I have found that I ALWAYS need a larger hard drive
> >on a notebook computer after a few months. I upgraded the hard drive on
> >my 760E twice and I'm about to upgrade the hard drive on the 600E (which
> >is user replaceable) from 10GB to 20GB.
>
> I agree that putting a larger disk in the 560X could have been made
> easier, but I have been able to do it, and I'm no techie. The 570/600
> definitely win in that respect.
>
> >The 560 is now out of production. I see a ThinkPad 560Z from time to time
> >on ebay. IBM also sells systems directly on ebay. The last one I saw
> >there from IBM was a ThinkPad 570E.
>
> I noticed that too (IBM selling directly on eBay). The problem is: their
> reserve is higher that what you can find via mail order. For instance,
> they just had a 570E with a final bid of $1360 (reserve not met), while I
> could buy one for $1339 (+ $0 for shipping) at Urban Computers (deal
> mentioned on this list a few weeks ago).
>
> Despite its shortcomings from a typist's point of view, I'll be settling
> for a TP570 for now, but I'd love to hear how the T2x and the X20
> keyboards compare with that of the T570, from people who moved from the
> 570.
>
> Cheers, Dominique
>
>
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