WHO HAS THE MOST TRAVELLED THINKPAD?

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a31pguy · #1 Post by **a31pguy** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:57 am

My Thinkpad A31p has been to China, Japan, LA, NYC, San Francisco, and Korea. The Chinese loved it like it was a wonder machine and I think the Japanese were trying to figure out how to copy it.

Post your stories of your Thinkpad and how it's worked for you all over the world!

#2 Post by **jdhurst** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:08 pm

I can't match that. My various ThinkPads have been all over North America. And I still have a Toshiba Libretto (Windows 95) that has been all over England and Western Europe as well as North America. The latter machine was comfortable with 240V mains and (using adapters) happy with telephone systems in England, France and Italy. ... JDH

JHEM · #3 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:42 pm

My most travelled Thinkpad in the fleet is my venerable, severely upgraded 600X. It's been to Japan, Taiwan, Korea, France, Germany, England, Scotland, coastal Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Bahamas, St. Thomas, Argentina and most major cities in the US.

No, that isn't an exaggeration. In my "real" life I've travelled the world for the past 30 years directing the cleanup of oil spills for underwriters and pulling stranded vessels off the beach or various and sundry other encumbrances.

My travels haven't quite taken me to the mythical "end of the earth", but on more than one occasion I've had a very good view of it!

Regards,

James

#4 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:53 pm

My ThinkPad 380's been to Lousisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and currently resides elsewhere, It's also been on a vacation to somewhere I forgot after I put it on loan to a friend who couldn't buy his own ThinkPad.

Through it's many incarnations, the FrankenPad which has been my main laptop for a few months now has not seen too much travel. Just like all my computers, the 760XD resides in the suburbs of Atlanta and has not left the Metro area since I became the owner.

The 760E came here from Mississippi and has not seen any travel except around the neighborhood since I receved it.

Guest · #5 Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:10 pm

Well, Captain .. aahh Jim .. after your contribution to this thread .. everything that follows is thin soup.

While I criss-crossed the US and Canada and travelled Europe and South America with one or another of my TP's -- my contribution to this thread tackles another dimension -- TIME.

I have been using PSs since 1986 .. but never a desktop .. corporate or private.

Frank K-F

FrankK-F · #6 Post by **FrankK-F** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:11 pm

Sorry, I thought that I was logged-in

Frank K-F

pphilipko · #7 Post by **pphilipko** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:13 pm

well, my thinkpad has travelled to London, Paris once, Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, and once at the Galapagos on a ship. The Galapagos islands were by far the most interesting of all

JHEM · #8 Post by **JHEM** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:18 pm

Frank K-F wrote:Well, Captain .. aahh Jim .. after your contribution to this thread .. everything that follows is thin soup.

Hadn't meant to spoil the fun, so I did a bit of editing. Better? A little less overwhelming?

Frank K-F wrote:I have been using PCs since 1986 .. but never a desktop .. corporate or private.

I got my first "real" portable PC in 1984 IIRC, a Toshiba T3100/20 which had a 20MB HD that I just knew I'd never be able to fill! But I've always had a trusty desktop as a backup until this year.

Regards,

James

asiafish · #9 Post by **asiafish** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:20 pm

My old T22 (no longer own) went to China, Japan, Korea, Canada, Mexico and all over the United States. Perhaps more interesting, it has accompanied me on military maneuvers and through the arduous trek that is law school.

My current T42p has so far (in only a month) been to Korea, five states, and out in the woods on military (army) maneuvers, and will join me next month on an extended army tour of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, after which it will accompany me to Afghanistan.

Of course the best travelled computer I ever owned was an Apple PowerBook 145b back in the early 90s. That one went the same places as the T22, but far more often, and for a longer period, serving as my main (often only) computer from early 1993 when I bought it until its final retirement in 1998.

pat · #10 Post by **pat** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:38 pm

My T42 has traveled down the entire East Coast of the USA.

My X40 has traveled cross country to Vegas, and back

missmichele · #11 Post by **missmichele** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:19 pm

Hi All, My770Z has just returned from Thailand, where it spent a month surfing on Thai Wireless and Dailup. Zs seem to keep soldiering on. Love them, Theyre Bulletproof. Michele

PS. It was a Great Vacation Too

#12 Post by **BillMorrow** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:43 am

i have sold thinkpads to dubai..

made in china, shipped from HK via alaska, louisville to florida..
florida to memphis via fedex to germany and then on to dubai..
MOST of the way around the planet..
well 2/3..?

nikemen · #13 Post by **nikemen** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:52 pm

My A20p, has gone with me mostly everywhere I have gone, over the past 4-5 years.

That includes, 575,000 flight miles to the following locations:

German, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Egypt, Spain, France, UK, Seychelles, Singapore, Japan, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Canada, Mexico, GALAPAGOS Islands,, and everywhere in the US, basically every state except N.S. Dakota, Maine, and a couple of others. My T42, is less travelled, but probably has about 175,000 miles on it by now, mostly Europe and US.

No real wear and tear of an appropriate level, I take pretty good care of thigns.

Bluecat · #14 Post by **Bluecat** » Sun May 08, 2005 11:44 am

My A22m has accompanied me without a glitch to:

The US, Japan, Australia, Germany, France, the UK, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Belgium. Only the keyboard shows some wear....

benplaut · #15 Post by **benplaut** » Tue May 17, 2005 2:08 am

lets see...

not much to compare to you guys, but in the last two years, my thinkpad has been to kentucky, NYC, hawaii, italy, israel, and the netherlands

DavidNZ · #16 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:44 am

My little X40 is about to take it's third round-the-world trip: first was Aug 2004 (Canada, UK), second was Feb 2005 (Canada/UK), next month will be the third (Canada/UK). (Round the world in the sense that I travel NZ-US-CAN-UK-SIN-NZ on a Star Alliance STAR1 RTW ticket each time, but stops vary.)

It's been a trooper.

ThinkPad · #17 Post by **ThinkPad** » Sun May 29, 2005 4:41 am

My thinkpad has done US, Canada, UK, Spain, Pakistan, Italy, and Turkey.

akeskira · #18 Post by **akeskira** » Sun May 29, 2005 1:39 pm

Albeit not one single TP, but together my 600E, X20, X30 and X40 have been to:

Belgium, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Austria, Canada, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, Norway, France, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark, Hungary, Estonia, the UK, Puerto Rico, Taiwan and Japan, and in the US in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma and finally in Kansas between 2000 and 2005.

#19 Post by **K. Eng** » Sun May 29, 2005 10:33 pm

My ThinkPad has been to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. In other words, pretty much up and down the U.S. Northeast corridor

#20 Post by **jdhurst** » Mon May 30, 2005 5:27 am

My ThinkPad is not highly travelled, but I took it to Europe in May, and I used dialer.net for access. For the first time (I have taken portables to Europe before), I got excellent dial-up access in every hotel I stopped at. That was nice (even if a bit expensive). ... JD Hurst

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