A31p ~ did they all come with Flexview?

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sysiphus · #1 Post by **sysiphus** » Sun May 09, 2010 1:33 am

My buddy just picked up an A31P--he claims that his didn't come with a Flexview screen...I was under the impression that they all came with Flexviews...who is right?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:40 am

According to the tawbook, they all came with UXGA-IPS (1600x1200) TFT color / Active Matrix / 400:1 contrast / FlexView display with wide viewing angle and high density using in plane switching (IPS) technology

ajkula66 · #3 Post by **ajkula66** » Sun May 09, 2010 11:49 pm

If your buddy picked it up on feebay, he might have gotten one of those lovely "refurbished" machines...I got an A31p with a XGA LCD a few years back...

Someone might have just had a spare TN panel from an A21p or A22p...stranger things have happened...

sysiphus · #4 Post by **sysiphus** » Mon May 10, 2010 12:49 am

Thanks for the replies--so, short answer is that a stock A31p should have FlexView, but with FrankenPads, anything's possible?

Good to know, thanks.

I haven't had a chance to play with his A31p yet, but it sounds like a nice machine to me--would it be crazy to pick one up for daily use? The design intrigues me, and I wouldn't mind giving an IPS panel a go. All I really use my machines for these days is Office 07/Firefox/iTunes on Windows, and similar level stuff on F12, so I'm not concerned about performance. Besides, with 2GB of RAM and a 7200RPM drive, it's got to be fairly snappy....right?

(I LOVE my T60, but it might be donated to a very worthy nonprofit I volunteer for which needs a new laptop after the old one got stolen

I don't mind tinkering with an older machine myself, and my like new/perfect T60 would be perfect for the less-than-tech savvy people there)

#5 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Mon May 10, 2010 8:13 am

You could also consider picking up an A31/p and donate that instead of your T60.
The A31 is extremely rugged and can handle abuse a lot better than a T60.

sysiphus · #6 Post by **sysiphus** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:04 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote:You could also consider picking up an A31/p and donate that instead of your T60.
The A31 is extremely rugged and can handle abuse a lot better than a T60.

Interesting idea. I'm not so concerned about abuse as I am about part failure--I'm comfortable troubleshooting/replacing a bad part, whereas the people who'd be using the donated machine most likely wouldn't have that expertise/don't have regular access to "tech support". Given that the A31p would be significantly older than the T60 (which has hardly seen any use, to boot!), I figure the odds of something going wrong on the A are far higher than on the T.

#7 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Mon May 10, 2010 5:23 pm

To stay in the spirit, also consider a 15" R60 with Intel GPU and SXGA+ or even just XGA.
A first-class work horse.
Nothing against charities, but your 14" T60 may not be the ideal machine for them.

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