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And please pay particular attention to Section 5. PICTURES .

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Accessing documents from Lenovo's new Support site

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Recently, Lenovo has completed moving the old IBM Thinkpad Support site (usually at the www-307.ibm.com domain) onto the support.lenovo.com domain....

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So far, the forum's branched out into Facebook, Twitter and Smartphones - what will we be up to next?

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Forum donations for upgrades

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Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread

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Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread!

Welcome to the Official eBay Bidding and Buying Thread. eBay can be both a fun and dangerous place for...
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Use eBay? Who are you??

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For those of us who frequently dive into the murky seas of eBay, if you're a buyer or seller there, who are you? Meaning, what's your eBay UserID?...
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Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:40 am
** Happy New Year to All **

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by BillMorrow » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:41 am
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The New Year tune most popular here in the USA and made so mostly by one fellow by the name of Guy Lombardo is Auld Lang Syne also translated as Old...
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Wed Jan 22, 2020 5:51 pm
OK, now we descend into the STOLEN election

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i suspect there will be a lot of crap thrown at me by my democrat admins and forum members but this is real..
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SO, i have a pod cast from a...
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Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:09 pm
Building my own Steam Machine

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by ThinkPad560X » Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:03 am

I am wanting to get my PC that hangs with my consoles on the tv shelf up and running for PC games. Its a IBM ThinkCentre S50 UltraSmall. It is...

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Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:45 am
No Windows Update for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/2000

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by ThinkPad560X » Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:35 am
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I've been doing some refresh installs of Windows 95-2000 on some of my PCs such as replacing old Very Old IDE HDDs with a new SATA HDDs in my...
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Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:46 pm
Couldn't go to a better person!

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Trump and his (tr)umpteenth wife have both been tested positive for Covid-19!

Or is that more fake news, to avoid the other debates with Joe...
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Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:33 pm
Long term (~2+ years) review: Economy

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by rkawakami » Mon Nov 09, 2020 1:58 pm

As the current political climate here in the US (just after the 2020 Presidential Election) hits higher gear due to the closeness of the race and the...

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Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:33 pm
Using Xbox Elite (One) game controller on Win 98, possible?

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by zoltan87 » Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:49 pm

I know this post would be a lot better suited for a gaming related forum (Vogon comes to mind), but honestly I don't want to go through the whole...

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Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:49 pm
What music are you listening to right now?

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For me it's Hoist the Colors
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Duma$$ was too stooopid to back up his HDD

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by cadillacmike68 » Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:26 pm
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Bidens and pay for play.

Ya can't make this up. Didn't he learn from the hildebeast episodes? I guess all the illegal drugs he took whittled away...
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Wed Nov 04, 2020 6:39 pm
Warning: do NOT use EcoParcel shipping outfit

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:52 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Fri Oct 30, 2020 5:53 am

WARNING!
Never, EVER use EcoParcel to ship any packages in Europe!

Below is the tracking history of my recent nightmare with this untrustworthy...

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Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:52 am
ReactOS

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by atomMan » Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:42 am

i need a victim since i don't have a TP yet :)

saw several posts from BigWarpGuy about installing ReactOS, but not many details. i'm wondering if...

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Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:50 am
Windows XP wallpaper preferences

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by UMPC2024 » Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:07 pm

Starting a new topic so as to not to jack RBS' Windows 2004 thread like I had accidentally jacked the COVID talks into guns (my bad!) :jhem:

As...

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Last post by dr_st
Mon Oct 12, 2020 3:47 am
THINK Note pad refills

Last post by Vopu « Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:40 am
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by Dave Webster » Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:39 pm

Anybody know where to order refills for IBM pocket THINK note pads?

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Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:40 am
Modern 21:9 and 4:3 laptops

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by Screamer » Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:42 pm

Is 16:9 not sufficiently wide? Is 16:10 not sufficiently tall? Do you dislike these aspect ratios and would like to obtain such machines with the...

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Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:21 pm
Do you need to carry a weapon?

Last post by MikalE « Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:27 pm
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by MikalE » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:07 pm

Is it time to lock-n-load yet?

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Wed Sep 30, 2020 8:27 pm
Covid-19 info: possible cure? Or fake news?

Last post by TonyJZX « Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:00 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:44 am

For everybody's info:
A friend of mine told me to look up a medication called Pulmicort (a.k.a. Budesonide ), which -if used with a nebulizer- can...

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Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:00 am
HP Probook 455 G3 F/S Advice

Last post by Vopu « Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:21 pm
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by Vopu » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:57 pm

Hi guys,
Hope i am not putting this in the wrong place , afterall , i had my telling off today :(
I would like get your opinions for a HP probook i...

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Last post by Vopu
Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:21 pm
How to estimate a Sony Vaio for sell?

Last post by Neil « Sun Sep 27, 2020 4:09 pm
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by devinfriday » Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:06 am

Hi, i got a nice Sony Vaio laptop with standard config. I would like to max specs (RAM 8Gb max + SSD) for sell it, but it's impossible to find...

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Last post by Neil
Sun Sep 27, 2020 4:09 pm
What after classic Thinkpads?

Last post by atagunov « Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:35 pm
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by nachetb » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:22 am

Hey guys. I think this is a question most of us have made to ourselves at some point and it is, what laptops should we buy once classic thinkpads...

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Last post by atagunov
Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:35 pm
Electrostatics - Wrist band and grounding? Protecting Motherboard, GPU etc.

Last post by MikalE « Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:29 am
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by cfixer » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:22 pm

Hi :)
I have read that it's quite important to ground yourself before touching the sensitive parts of a motherboard, GPU etc.
So i thought: Let me...

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Last post by MikalE
Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:29 am
Anyone interested in collecting Rambus based Pentium 4 machines?

Last post by MikalE « Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:59 pm
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by kfzhu1229 » Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:09 pm

As title says. Locally over here in Toronto, Canada I know someone who's trying to sell a Dell Dimension 8250 with one of the best Pentium 4...

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Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:59 pm
DID I READ THAT SIGN RIGHT?

Last post by mpcook « Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:27 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:42 am

In these dark times, here's something to brighten your day!

DID I READ THAT SIGN RIGHT?

In a Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE...

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Last post by mpcook
Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:27 am
DIY BGA rework station

Last post by atagunov « Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:28 am
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by atagunov » Sat Jun 13, 2020 5:13 pm

Hi,

dealing with T61/X2*0 Thinkpads has pushed me into the most crazy project of building a BGA rework station at home. It's non-sensical but fun. I...

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Last post by atagunov
Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:28 am
LG Gram 17 - 16:10 display

Last post by Puppy « Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:44 am
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by Puppy » Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:52 am

LG Gram 17 is a big laptop that weighs less than 3 pounds

It has 2560 x 1600 (very low resolution on 17 size) but 16:10 display Lenovo can't get.

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Last post by Puppy
Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:44 am
Just missed the TP forums and discussions.. been few years since my last TP went sticky kaput

Last post by Halian « Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:26 am
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by crashnburn » Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:17 am
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Just missed the TP forums and discussions.. been few years since my last TP went sticky kaput.

Thought I'd say hello to y'all and chime in with the...
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Last post by Halian
Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:26 am
EU seems to be in danger...

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Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:10 am
Corona-COVID-19 virus statistics and HOW is it affecting you.. what are you doing..?

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For those of you who haven't yet seen this, here is: the most accurate Corona-COVID-19 overview .
It is continuously updated, based on figures from...
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Mon Aug 10, 2020 1:27 am
COVID-19 and other medical conspiracies (split discussion)

Last post by dr_st « Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:29 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:33 am
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I put this in my signature:
Covid-19 : Mask it or casket.
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Last post by dr_st
Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:29 am
What a wild ride this has been.

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:51 pm
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by TuuS » Fri Apr 26, 2019 6:47 am
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This will be a happy but solemn message. Although I've been coming to this forum as long as it has existed, it wasn't until becoming a victim of...
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Last post by cadillacmike68
Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:51 pm
My Thinkpad odyssey - 13 years +

Last post by Rob Mayercik « Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:19 pm
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by madkat » Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:16 pm

Hello again everybody, especially the elders from which i've learned alot durin my Thinkpad journey...

It all begun in 2007, when, sick of bulky...

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Last post by Rob Mayercik
Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:19 pm
Possible for a laptop to be compatible with a Pentium II and III at the same time?

Last post by axur-delmeria « Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:04 am
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by kfzhu1229 » Sat Jun 27, 2020 10:38 pm

So the story begins after I have fixed a broken 750Mhz Pentium III MMC2 CPU by replacing the ADP3420 chip shorting the CPU voltage to ground.
About a...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:04 am
Wanted urgently: People who know a half century-old computer language so states can process unemployment claims

Last post by crashnburn « Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:21 am
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by mpcook » Sun Apr 19, 2020 2:58 pm

COBOL. Maybe you could make a few extra bucks. Anyone? I never got past FORTRAN, BASIC and ASSEMBLER.

There's a lot of unemployed people waiting on...

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Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:21 am
My most prized vintage machine

Last post by MikalE « Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:04 am
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by Twiggy » Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:46 pm

I wonder, does anyone else here like to collect or work with / play with vintage computers at all?

I rather due, and have a growing collection, my...

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Last post by MikalE
Wed Jun 24, 2020 8:04 am
TRUE old tech users, using today

Last post by kfzhu1229 « Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:33 am
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by ThinkPad560X » Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:41 pm
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How many people are using old PCs or phones that you consider still better or comfortable using in 2020.

For me I am still running on my IBM...
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Last post by kfzhu1229
Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:33 am
home print solutions

Last post by MikalE « Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:49 am
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by TonyJZX » Wed Apr 22, 2020 11:38 pm

I wanted to ask if you guys are on the laser print multifunction fax machine thing?

I have a b&w multifunction fuji xero and a epson colour inkjet...

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Last post by MikalE
Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:49 am
What's the lightest laptop that you travel with? [WARNING: 2 tiny pix]

Last post by MikalE « Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:38 am
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by pianowizard » Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:25 am
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When you want to travel as light as possible but must bring a laptop along, what's your laptop of choice? As many of you know, I am obsessed with...
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Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:38 am
I want my Real Black Stuff!

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:17 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Wed May 06, 2020 5:59 am

Desperate for a Guinness? Have a look here, it's not just me...

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:17 pm
Shopping in Manhattan? A thing of the past...

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:17 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:23 am

Remember the days when tons of tourists flew over from Europe to go shopping in New York?
Well, it looks like those days are a thing of the past....

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Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:17 am
If you've ≥5 computers, do you use them all or feel guilty?

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If you own 5 or more computers (laptops or desktops), do you actually use all of them? If you do, how do you use them?

I am asking this question...
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Last post by ajkula66
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:27 pm
Interesting chip brand on memory modules...

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:29 pm
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by cadillacmike68 » Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:02 pm

Check this out:

No matter which side of the aisle you are on, this should give you a chuckle:

Item number: 264742515896
Listing: ... SwSPJey2CO...

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:29 pm
Covid-19 expands to animals: tiger and 3 lions affected in the New York/Bronx zoo

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Fri May 29, 2020 8:08 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:45 am

This pandemic is now reaching out for animals!
Tiger and 3 lions at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19
Makes you wonder if cats and...

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Fri May 29, 2020 8:08 pm
Anyone else know what a Stylophone is?

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu May 28, 2020 11:34 pm
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by Twiggy » Thu May 28, 2020 10:22 pm

So I ordered this a while ago, it's a Stylophone, a pocket size basic synthesizer which you play with a stylus, meaning you essentially complete a...

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Last post by ajkula66
Thu May 28, 2020 11:34 pm
"Acceptable" CPU Temps?

Last post by Twiggy « Wed May 27, 2020 12:45 am
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by Twiggy » Mon May 25, 2020 11:14 pm

*Decided to post here because this should, I think, apply to any computer, not just Thinkpads*

I have owned a Thinkpad T42 for about the past two...

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Last post by Twiggy
Wed May 27, 2020 12:45 am
Boe Hydis in Samsung Galaxy Book Flex

Last post by Worzyl « Sun May 24, 2020 11:28 am

by Worzyl » Sun May 24, 2020 11:28 am

I was looking at the Samsung Galaxy Book Flex with the QLED display, and apparently it is made by Boe Hydis. I wonder if we will see this in future...

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Last post by Worzyl
Sun May 24, 2020 11:28 am
ThinkPad Challenged with Large Magnet

Last post by dr_st « Sun May 24, 2020 12:37 am
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by Callahan » Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:54 am

I saw this large magnet test on Youtube ... had no idea it was a ThinkPad T61 till watching the video. I guess he had already done this with a desk...

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Last post by dr_st
Sun May 24, 2020 12:37 am
Have you joined the 3:2 club yet?

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Sat May 23, 2020 7:45 pm
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by pianowizard » Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:05 pm
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The 3:2 aspect ratio is becoming popular for tablets, detachables and even laptops. Have you gotten one yet? I bought my Surface 3 (10.8 1920x1280)...
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Last post by cadillacmike68
Sat May 23, 2020 7:45 pm
2 external hard drives at once?

Last post by cadillacmike68 « Sat May 23, 2020 7:12 pm
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by czukuczuku » Wed Apr 22, 2020 8:34 am

Hello everyone! i have question concerning safety of hardware. I have older vaio laptop, like 7 years old, and i would like to connect two external...

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Last post by cadillacmike68
Sat May 23, 2020 7:12 pm
Artist(s) that stand out to you?

Last post by Puppy « Sat May 23, 2020 12:05 pm
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by Twiggy » Thu May 21, 2020 3:25 am

I don't know why I am asking this, I guess I am just bored and find this an interesting question to ask.

What artist(s) specifically stand out, or...

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Sat May 23, 2020 12:05 pm

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