A collection with a Titanium sheep
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:50 am
I fetched out my pictures and took some collections of them (oh geez. Messed that one up), so I thought I'd show some of the pics on here.
Some highlights are these(beware, large pics):
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1286.JPG
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1291.JPG
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1288.JPG
And here's a clear shot of all of them:
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1296.JPG
I mention a Titanium sheep, because... well:
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1316.JPG
That's one of my newest acquisitions, a Z61p that I've refitted with a Titanium lid.
The others:
Thinkpad T43p - Bottom middle. This I purchased from forum member 91011 nearly half a year ago, and I intend to hold onto this beauty, as well as my W700ds, until the very end. Nearly mint, I spent the days after receiving it remedying it's various flaws(cracking around the PCMCIA cage, Thinklight not placed correctly) and also I eventually upgraded it's CPU to the 2.26 GHz. The UXGA screen is absolutely and doubtlessly pretty, with only a couple T43ps in my experience coming close.
Thinkpad X60 Tablet - Bottom Left. This I got from a refurbisher, who was selling it for a somewhat high price. That'd normally shrug off any smart buyer, but after typing the Type No. into Lenovo's site, I found it was a L7400 SXGA+(The only 64-bit X60T). I lowballed, and he let me have it, for which I am extremely thankful. Every time I use it, I always worry to myself... because this is much more of a collector's X60T than one for daily use. Running an SSD with Windows 7, it's whisper quiet and yes, I usually use it with the Ultrabase attached.(Keeps my thighs away from that hot palmrest
)
Thinkpad 701CS - Left Top-ish. This I got online, of course. Didn't include the battery, but my roommate is trying to rebuild a battery for it. Other than that, boots up to PC-DOS and an interactive program showcasing the 701 and it's optional extras. The lid is scratched up as you'd expect, but the inside is surprisingly nice. And that keyboard... works perfectly.
Thinkpad W700ds - Top Middle. No one needs to be told how incredible this machine is... I purchased mine online, it originally had a crummy configuration that I remedied by swapping parts with a standard W700 I already had at the time. I'll be holding onto this thing as long as I can, but my Clevo D900F kinda has dibs on being kept if things get that dire.
Thinkpad G41 - Top Right. For awhile when I got to college, I had a strange interest in the G-series Thinkpads. This unit is the result of all the G-series I went through, it's the absolute best US-marketed G-series, a G41 with a 3.46 GHz Pentium 4 with NVIDIA GeForce Go5200 graphics. Not even the Japan-only G50 has dedicated graphics... however it had to lose the Floppy drive to gain the graphics card.
Thinkpad A31p - Bottom Right. I got this unit as good as it is out of shear luck... The ebay auction advertised it as "broken screen, powers on but no display" when really all I had to do upon receiving it was re-seat a RAM module. This thing is apparently as good as A31ps get, with the faster processor and all related equipment and options to an A31p. It's also in pretty nice shape, aside from some wear.
Thinkpad Z61p - Center. I picked up the Z61p all-original about two months ago, and since then it's earned a CPU upgrade from a T7200 to a T7600, and it's now sporting some fresher plastics (the old ones had worn port labels and no stickers) and quite obviously... a Ti lid, which was robbed from a Z61m. I was never too interested in the Z-series except for a Ti-lidded Z61t that I had a long time ago... but I always really liked the style of the Ti-lid, it's just really different. And yes, the 1920x1200 panel functions perfectly and is pretty darn bright and nice, and I run Windows classic appearance because I like to strain my 20/20 eyes.
These are my more valued collectible Thinkpads... they're no mint Transnote, but they're the Thinkpads I've come to like. Some of these were a pain to get them in the state they are now, but that's all part of the adventure isn't it? But I might have to let some of these go, to downsize and get money for school, and also so others can enjoy some pretty unique Thinkpads. Some I actually use, such as my W700ds and X60T.
Oh! Nearly forgot. In case any of you are into photos and would like to browse the entire repository of photos I took of when I had these laptops out:
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01
Some highlights are these(beware, large pics):
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1286.JPG
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1291.JPG
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1288.JPG
And here's a clear shot of all of them:
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1296.JPG
I mention a Titanium sheep, because... well:
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01/IMG_1316.JPG
That's one of my newest acquisitions, a Z61p that I've refitted with a Titanium lid.
The others:
Thinkpad T43p - Bottom middle. This I purchased from forum member 91011 nearly half a year ago, and I intend to hold onto this beauty, as well as my W700ds, until the very end. Nearly mint, I spent the days after receiving it remedying it's various flaws(cracking around the PCMCIA cage, Thinklight not placed correctly) and also I eventually upgraded it's CPU to the 2.26 GHz. The UXGA screen is absolutely and doubtlessly pretty, with only a couple T43ps in my experience coming close.
Thinkpad X60 Tablet - Bottom Left. This I got from a refurbisher, who was selling it for a somewhat high price. That'd normally shrug off any smart buyer, but after typing the Type No. into Lenovo's site, I found it was a L7400 SXGA+(The only 64-bit X60T). I lowballed, and he let me have it, for which I am extremely thankful. Every time I use it, I always worry to myself... because this is much more of a collector's X60T than one for daily use. Running an SSD with Windows 7, it's whisper quiet and yes, I usually use it with the Ultrabase attached.(Keeps my thighs away from that hot palmrest
)Thinkpad 701CS - Left Top-ish. This I got online, of course. Didn't include the battery, but my roommate is trying to rebuild a battery for it. Other than that, boots up to PC-DOS and an interactive program showcasing the 701 and it's optional extras. The lid is scratched up as you'd expect, but the inside is surprisingly nice. And that keyboard... works perfectly.
Thinkpad W700ds - Top Middle. No one needs to be told how incredible this machine is... I purchased mine online, it originally had a crummy configuration that I remedied by swapping parts with a standard W700 I already had at the time. I'll be holding onto this thing as long as I can, but my Clevo D900F kinda has dibs on being kept if things get that dire.
Thinkpad G41 - Top Right. For awhile when I got to college, I had a strange interest in the G-series Thinkpads. This unit is the result of all the G-series I went through, it's the absolute best US-marketed G-series, a G41 with a 3.46 GHz Pentium 4 with NVIDIA GeForce Go5200 graphics. Not even the Japan-only G50 has dedicated graphics... however it had to lose the Floppy drive to gain the graphics card.
Thinkpad A31p - Bottom Right. I got this unit as good as it is out of shear luck... The ebay auction advertised it as "broken screen, powers on but no display" when really all I had to do upon receiving it was re-seat a RAM module. This thing is apparently as good as A31ps get, with the faster processor and all related equipment and options to an A31p. It's also in pretty nice shape, aside from some wear.
Thinkpad Z61p - Center. I picked up the Z61p all-original about two months ago, and since then it's earned a CPU upgrade from a T7200 to a T7600, and it's now sporting some fresher plastics (the old ones had worn port labels and no stickers) and quite obviously... a Ti lid, which was robbed from a Z61m. I was never too interested in the Z-series except for a Ti-lidded Z61t that I had a long time ago... but I always really liked the style of the Ti-lid, it's just really different. And yes, the 1920x1200 panel functions perfectly and is pretty darn bright and nice, and I run Windows classic appearance because I like to strain my 20/20 eyes.
These are my more valued collectible Thinkpads... they're no mint Transnote, but they're the Thinkpads I've come to like. Some of these were a pain to get them in the state they are now, but that's all part of the adventure isn't it? But I might have to let some of these go, to downsize and get money for school, and also so others can enjoy some pretty unique Thinkpads. Some I actually use, such as my W700ds and X60T.
Oh! Nearly forgot. In case any of you are into photos and would like to browse the entire repository of photos I took of when I had these laptops out:
http://www.medessec.info/m/TPC01
The only Thinkpad in my collection that was from a forum member was the T43p, and I get the feeling that T43p has quite a history with the forum members... so I had to have it. The rest are just incredible finds or incredible projects. It'd take quite a lot for me to part with them.
