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ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

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ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

#1 Post by sestulak » Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:12 pm

So I was thinking about buying an old Z60m withouth working screen, my question is - is it possible to remove the screen and use only the keyboard part with motherboard and connect it to an external screen via VGA if not is there any model that can do that?

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Re: ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:58 pm

Yes, all Thinkpads can do that.
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Re: ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

#3 Post by TPFanatic » Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:56 pm

It won't be very fast, mind you, with its Pentium M and very dated ATI graphics at best.

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Re: ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

#4 Post by sestulak » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:01 pm

TPFanatic wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:56 pm
It won't be very fast, mind you, with its Pentium M and very dated ATI graphics at best.
Even when running some Linux distro?

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Re: ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

#5 Post by TPFanatic » Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:11 pm

sestulak wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:01 pm
TPFanatic wrote:
Thu Apr 26, 2018 5:56 pm
It won't be very fast, mind you, with its Pentium M and very dated ATI graphics at best.
Even when running some Linux distro?
Depends on what you're doing. If browsing, Firefox 32 bit is very slow nowadays. You can play some retro games though if you have ATI GPU.

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Re: ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

#6 Post by richramo » Tue May 22, 2018 6:44 pm

My 2 cents worth,

Found that Point Linux works really well on old Thinkpads with M processors. (T42s etc)
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Re: ThinkPad Z60m as a portable desktop

#7 Post by Thedarkb » Sat May 26, 2018 8:24 am

You'll be able to do basic tasks without issue running Lubuntu or Debian but web browsing may be a bit slow.
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