Has a Thinkpad ever looked so ugly...

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iMav · #31 Post by **iMav** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:58 am

pianowizard wrote:
Troels wrote:http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment. ... ntid=18263
Wow, I think the one on the right is the 22" IBM T221, which has by far the highest resolution ever: 3840x2400!!! But it's no longer made. One can go blind using that LCD! The one on the left is of course the 30" Apple Cinema LCD, which has the highest res currently available, 2560x1600.

I've never heard of that monitor. (the T221, that is) That would ROCK! Too bad they are around $6000 if you can find them.

dorin · #32 Post by **dorin** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:00 am

gee, the aomunt of icons on that desktop its just scarry!

pianowizard · #33 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:23 pm

iMav wrote:I've never heard of that monitor. (the T221, that is) That would ROCK! Too bad they are around $6000 if you can find them.

Someone was selling two of these on eBay several months ago for $300 BIN! I really wanted to buy one but didn't, because I don't have a powerful enough graphics card to run it.

rleo25 · #34 Post by **rleo25** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:01 pm

It is not ugly it is out of context, the mac lines size and colour are a different style and of course the whole graphic composition doesn´t make any good to the thiny Thinkpad, let´s try another arrangement and it will appear as the winner I bet!. By the way such ¨startreck spaceship¨look alike line seems ugly to me...

sunkssss · #35 Post by **sunkssss** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:21 pm

revolutionary_one wrote:Proof that even the fanciest hardware doesn't deliver.
It's what you do with it.

^^^Office of Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft Corporation[/list]

Did you notice what Steve had on his desk?

(hint: lower right corner)

#36 Post by **gator** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:24 pm

sunkssss wrote: Did you notice what Steve had on his desk?
(hint: lower right corner)

Awesome find!

Troels · #37 Post by **Troels** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:27 pm

pianowizard wrote:Wow, I think the one on the right is the 22" IBM T221, which has by far the highest resolution ever: 3840x2400!!! But it's no longer made. One can go blind using that LCD! The one on the left is of course the 30" Apple Cinema LCD, which has the highest res currently available, 2560x1600.

Yup it's the T221. Ouch that is bad news indeed... are you sure they aren't made any longer?

I've seen some on ebay for $600 at a time, but they had vertical lines, and one horizontal line. Do you remember if wnaything was wrong with the $300 T221? I can't run them either, but would be a nice memorable "gem".

snessiram · #38 Post by **snessiram** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:51 pm

@Troels: I'm thinking exactly the same. Are there any displays delivering a similar ppi? (finally an lcd with a "decent" resolution, doesn't it exist anymore

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pianowizard · #39 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:47 pm

Troels wrote:I've seen some on ebay for $600 at a time, but they had vertical lines, and one horizontal line.

I think I have seen one or two of those, too.

Troels wrote:Do you remember if wnaything was wrong with the $300 T221?

I remember them being descibed as "in excellent condition".

pianowizard · #40 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:59 pm

snessiram wrote:Are there any displays delivering a similar ppi?

For computer monitors, these are the three highest that I know of:

Toshiba Libretto U100 7.2" 1280x768: 207.3 DPI
IBM T221 22.1" 3840 x 2400: 204.9 DPI
IBM Thinkpad R50p/R51 15.0" 2048 X 1536: 170.6 DPI

On the other hand, many PDAs have even higher DPI's, e.g. my Dell Axim X51v's 3.7" 640x480 screen has 216.2 DPI!

gunston · #41 Post by **gunston** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:54 am

loving it

Stargate199 · #42 Post by **Stargate199** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:08 pm

gator wrote:That monitor is HUGE.

I want one. No place to put it, but I want one.

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