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I shot some pics of my lovely T60 - been wanting to do this ever since I got my T60 in end August, but found the time (and a camera) only now.

T60 long shot - that is my 12 string Ibanez in the far left!
T60 close-up
T60 side view 1
T60 side view 2

I typically use my laptop at two notches above the minimum brightness setting. At nights, I reduce it to min. brighness when my roommate goes to sleep. My eyes start watering after 5-10 mins at higher brightness levels, and this is one reason why I hate insanely bright glossy screens. Color is vibrant and all that arguement is fine, but what use is a display if you cant look at it for more than 20 mins?

I noticed that the screen looks fantastic in my normal usage settings, but I can see that the entire screen is lit under max. setting (obviously). I don't think I have any light leakage problems, but can some thinkpad monitor experts have a look at these pics and confirm this?

Pics:
At 2 notches above min. brightness - http://plaza.ufl.edu/psrivats/leak-min-bright.jpg
At max. brightness - http://plaza.ufl.edu/psrivats/leak-max-bright.jpg

Looks like you have a pretty clean setup there, nice Ibanez too.

From the shots you posted, it doesn't really look like you have any significant backlight leakage problems.

Thanks Christopher! That Ibanez was an amazingly cheap purchase from someone here who was in a hurry to leave It has a great tone.

How is the "Thinkpad for Dummies" effort getting along?

It is coming along well, I have the structure for most of it down although I still need to gather and sort more information from the forum archives. I was working on a draft of a biophysics paper, so the gathering and sorting of information went slow for awhile.

gator, I like the Ibanez, i'm a guitar guy too. My dad used to have a Yamaha 12 string years ago but it got ripped off, 12 strings are so unique sounding.

Awesome, Kyocera! How long have you been playing?

I took up guitar about 3 years ago, when my madness for music went out of bounds and I decided to learn to play. I started with a 6-string nylon string yamaha (still have it - a wonderfully mellow sounding guitar). I got this Ibanez for a literally throw away price when one of the PhD students here graduated and had to leave in a hurry. 12 strings indeed have a fantastic sound! I don't know how to play lead on it though.

I read one old post on the forum where someone had suggested the name 'The Trackpoints' for a band. I smiled when I saw the post and somehow remembered it now

cool~
but 15" LCD is too big for me