Re: Monitor question

[Johan Kullstam <kullstj_ml@verizon.net>]

Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:

> Johan Kullstam wrote:
>> I had an old thinkpad t42 with a 14" 1440x1050 and it rocked.  It
>> weighed only 4.5 lbs even with cd drive.  For me, it was an optimal size
>> and weight.  The current offerings are all inferior - they are heavier,
>> have less vertical screen dimension and worse resolution.
>
> And that is exactly why I am still using my IBM ThinkPad T42 with
> exactly that configuration.  It does everything I need a laptop to do.
> It has the best keyboard of any laptop I have ever used.  But mostly
> because all of the newer machines are less suitable.  It is hard to
> "upgrade" to something that isn't as good.

I would still be using mine but lightning wiped it out.  I got a strike
near the house and it came through the cablemodem and ethernet.

I have a t500 now.  It has a much faster CPU, a decent screen, but it is
bigger and heavier.

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Johan KULLSTAM