From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 13:31:15 EST
Yes, I agree that the 770 keyboard is even better than the 600...
BUT
I find that the T23 keyboard, although the same as the T20, is better than
the T20
Probably they addressed the complaints on the later builds
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Gorenbergh" <gorenbergh_at_mags.net>
To: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Best ThinkPad Build Quality? The TP770 Series !
> I have been using my TP770X as a desktop replacement
> machine for the past two months.
>
> IMHO it has the BEST keyboard feel of any TP ever
> offered by IBM and, probably, any IBM notebook / laptop
> computer.
>
> In the past, when I used a desktop computer,
> I always added a "classic" IBM Type M keyboard
> (the one with the "clicky" keys).
>
> I would compare the build quality of the TP770
> to the older Mercedes S Class Sedan: Solid!
>
> Coincidently, I purchased this unit used
> (one year of corporate use at Kodak)
> exactly two years ago today for $1000 with the
> UltraBase Port Replicator. The original price
> of this machine, fully configured, was approximately
> $5500. The TP770X in full configuration currently
> sells in the $450 price range on ebay.
>
> The TP770 series was the last generation of the
> original premium ThinkPad series introduced in 1991.
> The TP770 series introduced the following "firsts"
> to the ThinkPad line:
>
> - 14.1" Color LCD
> - 4Mb VRAM
> - DVD
> - PCMCIA Card-bus support
> - Pentium II
>
> The only weakness: the MWave modem (disabled on my machine).
>
> A machine that is truly a "classic".
>
> Steve
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |
> |From: "Penzance - NetFinity" <penzance_at_gate.net>
> |To: <letoured_at_together.net>, <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> |Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 600X vs. X30 build quality
> |Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 00:50:43 -0500
> |
> |a keyboard quality is highly subjective..
> |while one user will find a particular keyboard to be worse
> |than its predecesor another will have the opposite opinion..
> |
> |nothing will, IMO, match the 750 series keyboards..
> |
> |but the current crop is very close..
> |since i have not had a 600 for some time i can't readily
> |compare the 600 to the X or T series..
> |but for me, these current keyboards are a delight to use..
> |
> |will these take the pounding a 750 series keyboard took..?
> |and still last..
> |i think not..
> |but they are close..
> |
> |ancestor is not an opinion, it is a fact of evolution..
> |the earlier members of a family are ancestors..
> |though not exactly so.. the 600 series became the T series
> |while the 570 models became the X series..
> |as did the 240 series..
> |but the 570 and 600 are considered essentially the same
> |model..
> |
> |please let no one bring up the 760 series keyboards.. :-)
> |
> |*******************
> |Cordially,
> |Bill Morrow
> |(from NetFinity Server)
> |web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
> |bill_at_thinkpads.com
>
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