New 570 owner - any quirks I should know ?

[kstuart]

Hello,

I just purchased a 570 to use on trips with a WiFi card to check e-mail and the web, and to be able to do some word processing out of doors occasionally.

So, I was wondering if there was any helpful advice on this particular model (or series) before I set it up and start to use it ?

I'm a software engineer (in fact, I did contract work for IBM for a year) and have used PCs for 25 years, but I have no experience with laptops (or wireless) - this being my first one, amazing as that may seem !

(I'm hoping to have WEP and WPA figured out by the time the 570 has arrived in the mail - my router already has an unused WiFi access point.)

Thanks !

[BillMorrow]

ken..

should have no quirkiness with that 570..
it was a wonderful thinkpad..
i hope that you got the base with it as well..

the 570 is based on the 600E and was a very successful model..

[kstuart]

ken..

should have no quirkiness with that 570..
it was a wonderful thinkpad..
i hope that you got the base with it as well..

the 570 is based on the 600E and was a very successful model..

I did not get the base, but the price was quite low and I was looking for something small and light, so I would probably not want or need a base - but I could probably find one on ebay if I change my mind.

Meanwhile, I'm finding lots of information just searching (although it always annoys me that phpBB is the only BB that refuses to give a "search only topic titles" option in the Search function).

[billyibmm]

i just got linksys usb wifi running on my 570, and it works great, real easy. i also run verizon mobile office on it and it also works good although a lot slower. when on the road i use delorme gps and again the 570 does good.

[kstuart]

i just got linksys usb wifi running on my 570, and it works great, real easy.

Did you use USB Wifi instead of a PC card Wifi because your PC card slots were already all in use ?

[billyibmm]

the linksys i use has a usb cable, that way you can hang it out the window etc.

[kstuart]

the linksys i use has a usb cable, that way you can hang it out the window etc.

Aha - that gives you a real antenna ! I had not considered that factor.

[billyibmm]

ken, i bought a 15 foot usb extension off of ebay and it seems to work fine when getting it outside the house. right now it is sitting on the roof of my wifes car beside the house and i am picking up so many more signals.