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by rkawakami » Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:55 am » in Forum Announcements

Due to the recent upgrade of the forum software (phpBB), the option to display a pop-up window when a member has a Private Message (PM) waiting to be...

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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?

Keep an eye on the Forum Announcements board...

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Forum donations for upgrades

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by JaneL » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:01 am » in Forum Announcements

If you've noticed the new maintenance outage announcements, you know that Bill is actively working on upgrading the forum software and fixing the...

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Before posting, check the
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Lenovo gone bonkers on April Fool's Day?

Last post by USSS « Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:26 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:32 am

I haven't been a fan of Lenovo's forum for a looooong time, but look how daft they have gone now:

I received an email from Lenovo on April 1, 2015,...

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Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:26 am
Motospeed K40 non-mechanical keyboard? - PICT

Last post by natgab « Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:28 pm

by natgab » Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:28 pm

I'm looking at a replacement keyboard.

No money for a nice $150 mechanical keyboard. Anybody use one of these Motospeed K40 keyboards? My old MS....

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Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:28 pm
Anyone design and 3D print stuff. Recommend a good value 3D printer than can print flexible TPU

Last post by Khipata « Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:37 pm
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by jedisurfer1 » Mon Mar 30, 2015 9:30 am

I like tinkering and though we already own a Makerbot it has some things I'm not fond of. I'd really like to start designing and printing some cell...

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Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:37 pm
Best usb to serial adapter.

Last post by sysiphus « Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:03 pm
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by jedisurfer1 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:58 pm

I know there are some young but old school people here who still use a serial port. Alas I don't think any laptop comes with a serial port and I've...

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Last post by sysiphus
Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:03 pm
feebay madness!

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:50 am
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by gnawzie » Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:28 am

I have been using ebay to look at some thinkpad things, and i successfully grabbed a t43 and a t60 for cheap, but there are things it seems ebay...

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Last post by rkawakami
Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:50 am
The origin behind your username.

Last post by ajkula66 « Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:29 pm
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by Saucey » Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:19 am

Curious where some of you guys get your usernames.
Are they nicknames?
Usually they are common, but sometimes our username/nickname brings out an...

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Last post by ajkula66
Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:29 pm
Moving my DVD movies to my own cloud "Images"

Last post by ZaZ « Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:27 am
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by ThinkPad560X » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:16 am

So I want to move my entire DVD movies and shows to a digital format on a external HDD My own cloud what size would I need, More then 3TB? Don't mind...

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Last post by ZaZ
Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:27 am
CRT Tv for great old games and movies

Last post by ThinkPad560X « Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:58 am

by ThinkPad560X » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:58 am

I've been looking online ebay for a Sony brand True Flat CRT Tv HD 480i 36 They are all very good prices. $1.00 | $5.00 to the highest of $50.00 but...

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Last post by ThinkPad560X
Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:58 am
Downton Abbey: What really happened!

Last post by Norway Pad « Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:10 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:02 pm

For those of you who watched Downton Abbey, here is the REAL final episode:

Enjoy!

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Last post by Norway Pad
Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:10 am
Review: T-Mobile 4G LTE Hotspot Pro (Samsung SM-V100T) *PICS

Last post by rkawakami « Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:25 pm
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by rkawakami » Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:16 am

And besides, I will probably have to look for another hotspot solution as I understand that Sprint will be shutting down their 4G WiMAX network near...

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Last post by rkawakami
Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:25 pm
How do you tell what a person does for a living?

Last post by Puppy « Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:34 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:14 pm

A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California,
when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud...

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Last post by Puppy
Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:34 am
Thank you, winter storm Thor

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:31 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:53 am

Just to show the devastating effect from winter storm Thor on our swimming pool:

Click here to see the big picture

Advantage: no more expensive...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:31 am
Anyone know anything about Toughbooks? Making WWAN card work

Last post by ajkula66 « Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:34 pm
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by rek » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:03 pm

I've recently grabbed a Panasonic Toughbook CF-53 (which will work well in the workshop and general outdoor stuff) and feel a little like a fish out...

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Wed Mar 11, 2015 2:34 pm
Car brand loyalty? was: Is it time to leave Lenovo?

Last post by DaKKS « Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:53 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:36 pm
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Before you buy your next BMW, consider changing into an SUV.
I have a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe with AWD, 2.7 V6 engine and currently ~116,000 Miles...
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Last post by DaKKS
Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:53 pm
Im impressed

Last post by jronald « Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:48 am
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by jronald » Sat Mar 07, 2015 4:16 pm

I tend to be impressed not by outstanding engineering, but rather engineering that fits a niche, perfectly.
Bose first generation noise canceling...

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Last post by jronald
Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:48 am
Why Computrace sucks and why it sucks to no end...

Last post by Temetka « Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:13 am
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by Smokestoomuch » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:31 pm

Never heard of Computrace until a few weeks ago when a couple of Thinkpads I snagged had the red & white Computrace pop-up, which you must...

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Last post by Temetka
Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:13 am
Cruel but funny!

Last post by Worzyl « Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:49 pm

by Worzyl » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:49 pm

It's amazing what people can composite these days!

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Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:49 pm
Anthem Inc. hacked (health insurance company)

Last post by jronald « Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:11 pm
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by rkawakami » Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:17 pm

The hackers gained access to Anthem's computer system and got information including names, birthdays, medical IDs, Social Security numbers, street...

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Last post by jronald
Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:11 pm
T60/T61 Frankenpad Video

Last post by ajkula66 « Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:29 pm
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by Medessec » Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:58 pm

Hello!

With finals coming to an end, I got kinda bored and rather than playing some video games, I decided to make a neat little video, specifically...

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Last post by ajkula66
Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:29 pm
Lenovo support hacked by LizzardCircle?

Last post by oliversl « Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:47 pm
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by oliversl » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:37 pm

I just clicked on:

and all I see is some photos and on the title @LizardCircle

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Last post by oliversl
Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:47 pm
How many of you currently or have worked at IBM?

Last post by ajkula66 « Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:36 am
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by jedisurfer1 » Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:05 pm

My dad and his friends worked there, many have left or been laid off (one worked there for over 30 years), all very smart guys. Not one of them...

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Last post by ajkula66
Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:36 am
Sharks vs. Kings @ Levi's Stadium 2/21 *PIC*

Last post by rkawakami « Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:47 pm
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by rkawakami » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:20 pm

Anybody else here in NorCal going? And will some of the die-hard SoCal fans make the trek up north? I'll be in the nosebleed seats (Section 405).

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Last post by rkawakami
Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:47 pm
Lenovo Security & Man-in-the-middle attacks

Last post by Puppy « Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:30 am
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by Mrs.Sveigdalen » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:36 am

I was very frustrated to wake up and find these articles today:

While I do fully reimage PCs I deploy and I manage them with SCCM, I don't do...

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Last post by Puppy
Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:30 am
It seems like everyone is moving to tablets...

Last post by jdk « Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:56 pm
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by ccookie66 » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:38 pm
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I was watching TV today, and I see all these ads about the iPad 2, and a bunch of other ads about tablets. It seems everyone is hyped about slates,...
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Last post by jdk
Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:56 pm
Macbook Pro Retina left side bleeding? Due to IPS panel?

Last post by waterloo « Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:25 pm
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by waterloo » Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:20 pm

It's REALLY difficult to see unless you are in a pitch black room and the camera can't capture it very well...

The left side is a little bit...

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Last post by waterloo
Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:25 pm
Research on IBM's used fonts [Pics]

Last post by beskus « Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:21 am
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by tobe » Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:42 pm

please, where i can download the font type of ThinkPad ?
this is my first post, sorry if RePost.. :bow:

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Last post by beskus
Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:21 am
If you own a Samsung 840/840 EVO that has slowed down...

Last post by ajkula66 « Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:11 pm
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by ajkula66 » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:29 pm

You may want to sign this petition:

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Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:11 pm
Phone with trackpoint *PIC*

Last post by Temetka « Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:20 pm
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by brchan » Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:58 am

Was there ever a smartphone that had a trackpoint similar to the ones found in thinkpads? I know old blackberry phones had a trackball, but this is a...

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Last post by Temetka
Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:20 pm
Radio Shack bankruptcy

Last post by Saucey « Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:34 am
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by rkawakami » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:45 pm

Have been a customer for years and years. Probably started around 1968 when I first got interested in electronics. Free battery card (one per month)...

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Last post by Saucey
Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:34 am
Open LunchBox Thinkpad Replacement

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:00 am
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by Ryushin » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:34 am

Open LunchBox is an Open Laptop Design replacement. Please see the Phronix article here:

They are in the design stages right now. So if you...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:00 am
Adobe Flash critical security update

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:21 am
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by GomJabbar » Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:00 am

Content edited.
Flash Player update available to address security vulnerabilities

Summary

A potential vulnerability has been identified in Adobe...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:21 am
Mechanical keyboard with TrackPoint

Last post by automobus « Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:35 pm
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by fleming164 » Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:39 pm

Not Lenovo/IBM or ThinkPad, but I thought it might interest some of you anyway:

It's a massdrop so it won't ship until ~April 2nd, and even then...

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Last post by automobus
Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:35 pm
A graph on the history of Thinkpads.

Last post by Saucey « Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:11 pm
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by Medessec » Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:59 am

Heyo. Got bored again after homework- and drew this up based on the Thinkpad History page seen on ThinkWiki, and a combo of general knowledge of the...

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Last post by Saucey
Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:11 pm
Powersuply broken new one from ebay?!

Last post by Boy2006 « Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:23 pm
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by Boy2006 » Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:07 am

Hey
My mobile power supply is broken :( . I need it just 3-4 a Year for a longer Car ride.
So how about a cheap from ebay?
Thx

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Last post by Boy2006
Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:23 pm
Minecraft Guidance

Last post by jronald « Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:54 pm
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by jronald » Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:16 pm

Minecraft Guidance

Uby has been using a T60p 15 inch and it works fine.
Whats out there possibly newer that would work.
He is hell on laptops, so...

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Last post by jronald
Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:54 pm
What's the most vibrant laptop screen?

Last post by Puppy « Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:01 pm
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by Smokestoomuch » Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:44 pm

I've been using a couple of Wacom pen-abled laptops to draw on, the X200 Tablet (flexview, pen only) and an X61 (pen only). I've heard that the LED...

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Last post by Puppy
Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:01 pm
Is there a Dell fourm like thinkpads.com?

Last post by JaneL « Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:43 pm
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by johnny9fingers » Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:12 pm

I see quite a few folks here have Dell machines and got to wondering if there is a Dell forum similar to thinkpads.com.

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Last post by JaneL
Sun Jan 18, 2015 12:43 pm
I've been loaned a MacBook Pro 13 as an experiment

Last post by pointyhat « Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:21 am
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by pointyhat » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:40 pm
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As a ThinkPad user, I thought this was a good place to drop this rant/point of view...

I'm usually a T400, Dell T3500 and HP Z620 user (all running...
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Last post by pointyhat
Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:21 am
Are there any other artists in or out there?

Last post by PandorasThinkpad « Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:11 pm

by PandorasThinkpad » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:11 pm

Which kind of art are you going to create or in which way is art your great passion and the summary of everything that counts

Did you ever have an...

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Last post by PandorasThinkpad
Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:11 pm
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by PandorasThinkpad » Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:27 am
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Hello!

This is my first day in this forum and i like to ask a special question, this would be a question to all the admins in here...

Why there is...
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Last post by rkawakami
Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:43 pm
2400 MS-DOS games playable from browser

Last post by FryPpy « Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:00 am
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by Worzyl » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:52 am

Just posting this from another forum:

The Internet Archive has just archived 2400 MS-DOS games in a repository. All of these games are playable via...

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Last post by FryPpy
Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:00 am
Mirrored drivers of older machines, questions about...

Last post by PandorasThinkpad « Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:47 am
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by PandorasThinkpad » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:29 am

In rely to this message...

Legacy ThinkPad model driver and other support files will be mirrored here on thinkpads.com.
55 GB of files are being...

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Last post by PandorasThinkpad
Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:47 am
The ThinkPad Classic Thread

Last post by lophiomys « Thu Jan 01, 2015 5:28 am
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by Omineca » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:21 pm
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I've been watching the release of the BlackBerry Classic today, and the really interesting thing is how BlackBerry's representatives, from the CEO on...
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Last post by lophiomys
Thu Jan 01, 2015 5:28 am
Console to PC CRT monitor Adapter

Last post by that1nerd « Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:38 am
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by ThinkPad560X » Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:10 pm

Where can I find this. It has all 3 ports I want, Composite, S-Video, Component. and want to use this on my IBM CRT monitor since my consoles PS2,...

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Last post by that1nerd
Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:38 am
Palemoon

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:26 am
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by jronald » Fri Dec 26, 2014 8:57 pm

What are you using for Adware Blocking?

Ron

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:26 am
Business Laptop with AMD Processor?

Last post by jdk « Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:34 pm
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by K. Len » Sun Dec 28, 2014 5:27 am

Hi!,I'm currently living in Taiwan, and a Very close of me cousin ask me to get him a new Notebook, since he will use it just for normal tasking, and...

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Last post by jdk
Sun Dec 28, 2014 10:34 pm
Christmas always needs a joke ...

Last post by killer « Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:09 pm

by killer » Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:09 pm

... so here you go:

Very British, so full of ironic wit and for adults only. Enjoy it. :wink:

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Last post by killer
Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:09 pm
how common are the thinkpad in your country?

Last post by 8000wobber « Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:32 am
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by aldimeola81 » Sat Jun 07, 2014 4:17 am
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Here in Italy, the country where I live, unfortunately, is a completely unknown.

I am a technician and I visit several clients per day, offices,...
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Last post by 8000wobber
Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:32 am
Smartphones : who has one ? Favorite OS ? Brand ?

Last post by ZaZ « Sun Dec 21, 2014 4:08 am
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by DrThinkpad » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:00 am
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Title says it all.

As for myself, I own an iPhone, which I customized using a 3M carbon fiber skin and a black bumper. I like iOS and the stability...
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Last post by ZaZ
Sun Dec 21, 2014 4:08 am
Who still uses a IBM ThinkPad as their daily?

Last post by ajkula66 « Sun Dec 21, 2014 1:36 am
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by ThinkPad560X » Wed Nov 26, 2014 4:00 am
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Who still uses their under name IBM ThinkPad as their daily PC?
Im still using my IBM ThinkPad T30, maxed at 1GB RAM, 16GB SSD, Windows XP...
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Sun Dec 21, 2014 1:36 am

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