How many ThinkPads do you own?

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Mornsgrans · #91 Post by **Mornsgrans** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:07 pm

I thought about that, but my living room is not large enough. Since the picture i posted in thinkpad-forum.de i've got about 12 ThinkPads more. Two more ThinkPads i'll get from U.S. next days.

@Cigarguy
"Thinkpadinitus" is a fine term for it

Im my case it's pathological and incurable...

@ajkula66:
Unfortunally no flexview.

pianowizard · #92 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:09 am

ajkula66 wrote:Mornsgrans, no FlexViews in your fabulous collection? Not counting the tablet, that is...

Good observation George! Mornsgrans, did you actively avoid Flexview models? Statistically speaking, you should have at least 3, just by chance!

The number of Thinkpads I currently own: 0.5. It's an X32 with the top removed because the backlight is dead. I am using it with an external LCD hooked up. I bought it strictly for its small footprint and serial port.

The number of Thinkpads I used to own: 45, including several with non-tablet Flexview (A31p, 2 x R50p, T43p). Speaking of tablets, I had an X41 tablet and an X61 tablet but I had each for only several days because I hated them.

#93 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:54 pm

pianowizard wrote: The number of Thinkpads I currently own: 0.5. It's an X32 with the top removed because the backlight is dead. I am using it with an external LCD hooked up. I bought it strictly for its small footprint and serial port.

I'd love to know where you found the Serial Port

on your X32 (not the one in the Ultrabase!).
AFAIK they only have a Parallel and and a VGA port!

pianowizard · #94 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:14 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote:I'd love to know where you found the Serial Port on your X32 (not the one in the Ultrabase!).
AFAIK they only have a Parallel and and a VGA port!

I am not fond of this laptop and hadn't looked at it in a long time, so I forgot. I just took a look. It turns out I am using the serial and parallel ports on the dock. This is how I got things mixed up: I bought it for the parallel port on the laptop itself, but ended up needing to use the serial port as well, and so I attached the dock and stopped using the laptop's parallel port.

But I should have known even without looking because just a few days ago, there was a thread where someone said the newest Thinkpad with a serial port built in was a pretty old model (definitely older than the X32), and I contributed to that thread (by mentioning that Dell has a Core i5 Latitude with an integrated serial port).

Unknown_K · #95 Post by **Unknown_K** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:22 pm

I havn't counted how many Thinkpads I have in a while, probably 50 or so from early 486 models to my T40 (and multiple duplicates).

Neil · #96 Post by **Neil** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:05 pm

Not as many as Unknown_K...but still too many! BTW, this thread is eight years old now!

asiafish · #97 Post by **asiafish** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:34 pm

Mornsgrans · #98 Post by **Mornsgrans** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:37 am

pianowizard wrote: Mornsgrans, did you actively avoid Flexview models? Statistically speaking, you should have at least 3, just by chance!

I have one SXGA+ and one UXGA - ThinkPad. The resolutions are too high for my eyes. So i prefer XGA (still hating Wxxx - display-format). So i never actively looked for a flexview-ThinkPad.

Neil wrote:BTW, this thread is eight years old now!

But not too old to continue it

ScottyBoy · #99 Post by **ScottyBoy** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:59 am

Far, far, far to many!

lol

Honestly though most of the ones I have listed are owned by myself (a couple kept in storage for easily accessible replacements), purchased for friends & family or presently waiting to be broken up into spare parts.

Working TPs
T60 - MTN: 2007-FVG
T60p - MTN: 2007-FBG
X60 - MTN: 1706-GMG
X61s - MTN: 7667-34G
X61 - MTN: 7675-H4C
X61 - MTN: 7674-GS3
T61 - MTN: 7659-RFG
T61 - MTN: 7661-CTO / 7661-YEF
R61 - MTN: 8935-CTO / 8935-W2Z
R61 - MTN 8935-CTO / 8935-W9N
R400 - MTN: 7440-CTO / 7440-W2D
R500 - MTN: 2716-W7F

Spares & Repairs
T60 - MTN: 1951-F3G
T60 - MTN: 2007-49G
X61s - MTN: 7666-34G
2xT61 - MTN: 8898-6DG
R61 - MTN: 8918-B8G

EDIT: I am considering using the motherboards from the 2xT61 8898-6DG TPs to create a couple of FrankenPads (using the T60 2007-FVG & T60p 2007-FBG for the shells & LCDs) but I haven't gotten round to it yet as I'm moving out of London back to Aberdeen.

edik · #100 Post by **edik** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:06 pm

Gonna dump almost everything.... way way too many.. most not working.

As long as I have my working A31p (and a backup A30p) I am a very happy guy.

The A31p is imho the ultimate 'true' ThinkPad... nothing compares today or yesteryear (except the X31, 760XD, 770Z, 600X, T30 perhaps...)

ajkula66 · #101 Post by **ajkula66** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:00 pm

edik wrote: The A31p is imho the ultimate 'true' ThinkPad... nothing compares today or yesteryear

+ 1 and then some...

...if you read my post from five years ago, you'll note that the only ThinkPad (albeit not the same example) that re-appears in this one is indeed the A31p...

Quite some time later, let's see what we have here:

ThinkPads: A31p, T60 (daughter), Z61m (The One Who Must Be Obeyed)

FrankenPads: T43F, T43p, R60F (my twin boys) plus a plethora of T6x builds in various stages...

Non-ThinkPads: Panasonic CF-31 (work), Panasonic CF-W7 (travel)

Medessec · #102 Post by **Medessec** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:42 pm

Right now I've got:

2 G40s and a G41, an X60T, 2 T30s, a T60p, a 770 and a 770X.

Makes 9 that boot. 5 of those have HDs and run Windows.

On top of that, I have a G41 that's in pieces, and a T30 that's in pieces. I also recently got an R31. Go me.

I've always kinda wanted an A31p.

ajkula66 · #103 Post by **ajkula66** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:02 pm

Medessec wrote:
I've always kinda wanted an A31p.

That's one of the worst addictions one could possibly expose themselves to...a three-spindle-FlexView...absolutely deadly...

Just swapped the motherboard on mine, and I'm in hog heaven...oink oink oink...

dr_st · #104 Post by **dr_st** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:41 pm

ajkula66 wrote:Just swapped the motherboard on mine, and I'm in hog heaven...oink oink oink...

Again? How much did it last since the last motherboard swap?

ajkula66 · #105 Post by **ajkula66** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:02 pm

dr_st wrote:Again? How much did it last since the last motherboard swap?

About 18 moths, give or take...

#106 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:58 pm

ajkula66 wrote:About 18 moths, give or take...

A moth-eaten motherboard? LOL

ajkula66 · #107 Post by **ajkula66** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:08 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote: A moth-eaten motherboard? LOL

An excellent catch, my good man...

DaKKS · #108 Post by **DaKKS** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:30 pm

As of right now, I have no idea how many thinkpads i have. I've got 100+ laptops and maybe half of them are thinkpads, all t4x series. Of course, only three of these thinkpads are actually mine. I just fix 'em up and send 'em off to various organizations.

20 of those thinkpads are heading to India in a matter of days and the rest is currently sitting at the police impound lot because i was too lazy to unload the van before the b@stards nicked it. Word of advice lads, make sure you've got your stuff sorted before you piss off the police.

asiafish · #109 Post by **asiafish** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:17 pm

Down to zero. I am retiring from the US Army Reserve on January 30 after 28 years, and no longer need a dedicated Windows laptop. In preparation, I sold my X61s and am now down to just two computers for my use, a 15" Retina MacBook Pro and an 11" MacBook Air.

About a dozen other Macs at the business, and one Dell server for Exchange.

Its the first time I've been without a ThinkPad since 2000.

caozhi0452 · #110 Post by **caozhi0452** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 11:50 pm

atlacatl wrote:I've been part of the forum since I got my ThinkPad T40p (Jan/04) and I'm always curious to read why so many of you (forum members) have more than one ThinkPad at the same time.

Ok, I understand that if you are part of an IT group of an office you get to configure and perhaps use more than 1 ThinkPad. However, I think there are owners out there that actually have more than one ThinkPad for personal use.

Why do you own more than one ThinkPad at the same time?

Mind you, that I wouldn't mind getting a new one every time they come out Like a top of the line T42p, however, with my current laptop ussage, the T40p is more than enough for my needs.

E40 i3 370m 2+2G1066 500G7200rpm
X61s L7300 1+2G667 64G ssd

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