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Mike8 · #181 Post by **Mike8** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 2:33 pm

@cwestwater:

what is that grey thing unter your t43?

cwestwater · #182 Post by **cwestwater** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:28 am

Mike8 wrote:@cwestwater:

what is that grey thing unter your t43?

It's one of these. It folds over and tilts to stand your laptop in. Got it in Best Buy last time I was in the US

eriqesque · #183 Post by **eriqesque** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:10 am

Well as it turns out the Sony monitor from my set-up on the previous page, turned out to be crap so now I have this and absolutley love it.

daba · #184 Post by **daba** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:59 am

Nice monitor! What is it?

eriqesque · #185 Post by **eriqesque** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:41 am

It's the Dell W1900 LCD TV

WozniakMac · #186 Post by **WozniakMac** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:34 am

That's a really nice monitor. I was looking in to one of those, but wasn't sure of the quality. Picture and Build. How is it?

eriqesque · #187 Post by **eriqesque** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:56 am

The build quality is excellent.
I have the PC side running thru the DVI and the TV side running Satllite thru S-Video and the picture is excellent on both.
You will see some artifact on the TV side, but thats due to Standard Definition TV and the fact that you sit so close.
As you move further away the picture improves. When I am going to use it as a TV and not the Pic n Pic, I will sit about 5 feet away and the picture is supurb. Dell is always running specials on these I picked it up for $599 and then I added 2yrs complete care. The warranty is really good on these. Complete care is for accidents and they offer advance exchange so they send you the new one and you send the old one back.

bhtooefr · #188 Post by **bhtooefr** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:44 pm

Any USB cable is USB 2.0 compliant, FWIW. There was no change in the cabling when the standard changed - only the chips on either end of the cable.

DavidNZ wrote:Yes, it is 100% bus-powered. Unlike many HDD enclosures, this one is handled explicitly by the power from my X40's left USB port.

I got mine from Dick Smith Electronics, which is an Australian outfit with a huge number of stores here in New Zealand (www.dse.co.nz). The case is aluminum, so it runs quite cool.

I use it with a short USB cable that came with a multi-card reader I bought last year. Amazingly, the short cord turned out to be USB 2 compliant. Here's a photo showing the unit itself, the cable, the flash-card reader and a pen for perspective. Link to the unit: http://tinyurl.com/67dx7

(picture)

JHEM · #189 Post by **JHEM** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:16 pm

bhtooefr wrote:Any USB cable is USB 2.0 compliant, FWIW. There was no change in the cabling when the standard changed - only the chips on either end of the cable.

Just like G. Orwell's famous statement that "All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others", some older USB cables don't play well with USB2.0 devices.

Regards,

James

bhtooefr · #190 Post by **bhtooefr** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 8:38 pm

Ah - low cable quality causing the signal to screw up at USB 2.0 speeds?

That'd explain it...

JHEM · #191 Post by **JHEM** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:56 am

bhtooefr wrote:Ah - low cable quality causing the signal to screw up at USB 2.0 speeds?

That'd explain it...

There's no necessity to go overboard and start buying "Monster" USB2.0 cables, but neither is there a reasonable expectation for bulk packed $.02 USB cables to work every time with every device.

Regards,

James

bhtooefr · #192 Post by **bhtooefr** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:20 am

Of course - makes perfect sense. Myself, I usually buy some cheap $5 10ft cables that say "USB 2.0 compliant" if I'm buying a USB cable.

FWIW, whenever I get a chance to actually GET my ThinkPad (it's been shipped, and it's made it to my school), you'll get pics. You DON'T want to see the desk setup, but you'll get comparative photos (well, you guys I'm sure all know how big an X21 is, but these'll also go up on my blog, and my friends don't know how big one is. Granted, they know how big this piece of crap is...)

pianowizard · #193 Post by **pianowizard** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:57 am

From left to right:
1) Thinkpad 240: 300MHz Celeron, 192MB RAM, 6GB HDD
2) Gateway E-3200: 1.1GHz Pentium III, 512MB RAM, 320GB HDD
3) Dell Inspiron 700m: 1.6GHz Pentium M, 512MB, 30GB HDD
4) Dell Inspiron 8200: 1.6GHz Pentium 4, 1GB RAM, 40GB HDD

Yes, I actually use all four of them simultaneously quite often.

I plan to replace the 128MB PC100 module in the TP240 with a 256MB module. Let's hope it will work! I have another Thinkpad at work, which is a 600E with 366MHz Pentium II.

GoEatFood · #194 Post by **GoEatFood** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:07 pm

DavidNZ · #195 Post by **DavidNZ** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:27 pm

Hey GoEatFood, there's a guy on TV in your photo who is taking a pho...

Oh. Never mind - it's you.

Nebelfelsen · #196 Post by **Nebelfelsen** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:54 am

Home-Office 1

(the CRT-Screen ist "borrowed" from my second Home-Office and is normaly used in a dual screen environment there). Still waiting for a Dell 24 inch TFT for this workplace...

Home-Office 2
=> pic will be published End of August (will not be there before to take pictures...)

working in bed, on the sofa, ...

Office

Orbitz · #197 Post by **Orbitz** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:56 am

Nice setups Nobel

Dam your home office is nice and organized!

Orbitz · #198 Post by **Orbitz** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:57 am

Btw...what try is that you use on the couch /bed?

Nebelfelsen · #199 Post by **Nebelfelsen** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:59 pm

The table is from IKEA and is called "Rian" (but not found on IKEA's website; it is quite new; costs only about 15 $ and is available in black or in white).

I mounted a power socket (3 jacket power supply) and the ibm a/c-adapter below the table plate.

Orbitz · #200 Post by **Orbitz** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:08 pm

Very cool!

RCube · #201 Post by **RCube** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:53 am

my "desk" for this week at my friends place.
He just moved to san jose...and we can only find free wifi in his bedroom.. :p

my t41 and his brand new t42p, which ibm gave him.

daba · #202 Post by **daba** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:25 pm

Here are some of my new setup:

New Room
Some more goodies
And more...

gunston · #203 Post by **gunston** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:31 pm

show me more exotic to raise my interest of thinkpad t series lappy please.

bhtooefr · #204 Post by **bhtooefr** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:43 am

[joke]I have a friend's R50e that I'm configging, right now.

Anyway, last night, I caught my X and the R50 in bed together, and what's worse, is that my X was taking pics:

[/joke]

Is there something wrong with me?

pphilipko · #205 Post by **pphilipko** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:20 am

bhtooefr wrote:[joke]I have a friend's R50e that I'm configging, right now.

Anyway, last night, I caught my X and the R50 in bed together, and what's worse, is that my X was taking pics:

[/joke]

Is there something wrong with me?

Uhhh....that does NOT look right...

#206 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:23 am

bhtooefr wrote:[joke]I have a friend's R50e that I'm configging, right now.

Anyway, last night, I caught my X and the R50 in bed together, and what's worse, is that my X was taking pics:

All I can say is cyber-sex has taken on a whole new meaning...

denthorq · #207 Post by **denthorq** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:44 pm

Check my current garage office. I have HP Pavillion 17" and Micron 13".

#208 Post by **thePCxp** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:30 pm

bhtooefr wrote:[joke]I have a friend's R50e that I'm configging, right now.

Anyway, last night, I caught my X and the R50 in bed together, and what's worse, is that my X was taking pics:

Is there something wrong with me?

Maybe they were just playing around.

dcdomain · #209 Post by **dcdomain** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:13 pm

Did this a while back:

doppelfish · #210 Post by **doppelfish** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:00 pm

benz wrote:... but I would go insane if ...

I saw one thinkpad and two mice on my desk. What am I missing?

cheers,
-- fish

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