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Temetka · #661 Post by **Temetka** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:15 pm

How's that P3 holding up in today's world?

kfzhu1229 · #662 Post by **kfzhu1229** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:50 pm

Temetka wrote:How's that P3 holding up in today's world?

FrankenPad upgrade performed:
Pentium III 1ghz --> 1.2ghz 20% upgrade performance is actually noticeable
20GB HDD --> 60GB
1x256mb SDRAM --> 2x512mb (1GB)
CD-RW drive left
DVD-ROM drive right
Brand new battery with 2 hours of battery life
Bluetooth + WIFI upgrade performed
Upgrade likely to be performed:
14.1" XGA (Bad condition, Yellowed with horizontal lines going through at top and bottom part of the LCD) --> 15" SXGA+ or UXGA
Windows 7 boots up in 1 minute (Still much better than a netbook)
ATI Radeon 9000 driver used to be very stable (Aero is not possible)
Sleep and hibernation works fine
Everything works (I have a special version of hotkey display to work in Windows Vista/7 for non-Lenovo ThinkPads because Lenovo changed the scale for sound and brightness)
around 400mb/1GB taken by Windows
Firefox is the only choice for the newest (Chrome needs SSE2 and IE is slow)
Works with almost every non-YouTube website with adblock as long as you have patience
Excellent keyboard and Speakers (No other non-A series ThinkPad except for 770 and 600 can compare to this)
no heat issues as long as you enable fan7/64 manually when doing intense stuff to prevent GPU failure (I set it to ventilate at 60 degrees Celsius)
games like Quake 3, PVZ and Half Life 2 works fine

kony · #663 Post by **kony** » Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:12 am

I couldn't operate on Windows 7 for long, I'm used to linux too much

Back to Linux I am!

AdamDeAus · #664 Post by **AdamDeAus** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 4:19 am

Here is the desktop of my T60. Primarily used to hook up to my e39 5 series.

TPFanatic · #665 Post by **TPFanatic** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 3:29 pm

Check out my Windows 10 lock screen.
http://i.imgur.com/8zoA7UI.png

MikalE · #666 Post by **MikalE** » Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:18 pm

jdk · #667 Post by **jdk** » Fri Nov 11, 2016 8:43 pm

Nice Model M. I just pulled mine out after about a year or so of typing on a Cherry brown switch keyboard. New computer, so I needed a PS2 -> USB converter, and I also spent the $10 or so to replace a few missing keycaps. Now the Cherry keyboard is up for sale on eBay. These things seem to last forever.

FryPpy · #668 Post by **FryPpy** » Sat Nov 12, 2016 3:36 am

MikalE wrote:http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/ ... acw4gg.jpg

This is REAL desktop! But what is name of the rightmost notebook?

kfzhu1229 · #669 Post by **kfzhu1229** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 1:39 am

Update:
http://imgur.com/a/mAvXJ
Dell OptiPlex GX520: P4 650 3.4Ghz, 3GB RAM, ATI Radeon 3450 512mb PCI, 80GB SATA HDD, DVD±RW or 200GB IDE Seagate 7200RPM HDD, IBM Wireless Keyboard & Mouse SK-8808, Windows 10 14393 x86
ThinkPad A30 on first-gen ThinkPad Dock: PIII-M 1.2Ghz, 1GB RAM, Mobility Radeon 7k 16mb AGP (With 9600 driver), IDTech UXGA IPS w/UltraPort, Intel 2200BG, IBM Integrated Bluetooth II with 56K Modem (BMDC), 80GB 5400RPM HDD, Bays: L: 30GB HDD, R: DVD-ROM/CD-RW, Dock: DVD-ROM, Windows 7 SP1
Samsung Galaxy S II Plus 8GB stor (GT-I9105P) in stock 4.2 Jelly Bean with a dead battery so that I can use it to receive notifications I don't want to see until the end of the day and things like that (I also have stock working batteries for that too)
ThinkPad T43: PM 780, 2GB RAM, Mobility Radeon X300 64mb PCIE, IDTech UXGA IPS, 160GB Hitachi HTS541616J9AT00, DVD±RW from T6x, Windows 10 14393 x86

WarMachine · #670 Post by **WarMachine** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:47 am

FryPpy wrote:
MikalE wrote:http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/ ... acw4gg.jpg
This is REAL desktop! But what is name of the rightmost notebook?

Hello,

It's very similar to an Acer Aspire S7. Am I right ?

W.

TPFanatic · #671 Post by **TPFanatic** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:12 pm

kfzhu1229 wrote:Update:
http://imgur.com/a/mAvXJ
Dell OptiPlex GX520: P4 650 3.4Ghz, 3GB RAM, ATI Radeon 3450 512mb PCI, 80GB SATA HDD, DVD±RW or 200GB IDE Seagate 7200RPM HDD, IBM Wireless Keyboard & Mouse SK-8808, Windows 10 14393 x86
ThinkPad A30 on first-gen ThinkPad Dock: PIII-M 1.2Ghz, 1GB RAM, Mobility Radeon 7k 16mb AGP (With 9600 driver), IDTech UXGA IPS w/UltraPort, Intel 2200BG, IBM Integrated Bluetooth II with 56K Modem (BMDC), 80GB 5400RPM HDD, Bays: L: 30GB HDD, R: DVD-ROM/CD-RW, Dock: DVD-ROM, Windows 7 SP1
Samsung Galaxy S II Plus 8GB stor (GT-I9105P) in stock 4.2 Jelly Bean with a dead battery so that I can use it to receive notifications I don't want to see until the end of the day and things like that (I also have stock working batteries for that too)
ThinkPad T43: PM 780, 2GB RAM, Mobility Radeon X300 64mb PCIE, IDTech UXGA IPS, 160GB Hitachi HTS541616J9AT00, DVD±RW from T6x, Windows 10 14393 x86

Rocking the Flexviews with those 15" Thinkpads, I see.

Nice clean desktop, inspires me to fix mine.

kfzhu1229 · #672 Post by **kfzhu1229** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:51 pm

Another update: A30 and T43's motherboards are all replaced with their p version. So now they are A30p and T43p. I still have some of those T43p boards left because it is VERY cheap for me to buy in bulk (I bought three at CNY 250 each (USD$45)) while it is nowhere to be found in eBay...

TPFanatic wrote:Rocking the Flexviews with those 15" Thinkpads, I see. Nice clean desktop, inspires me to fix mine.

Those IPS UXGA panels are second-hand stuff I salvaged from the forum members for cheap (A30p's UXGA from wujstefan's free A31p but gave him $20 anyways to remain my "bidding" spot, T43p's UXGA from ajkula66's sales for $25). All have dusts in there. A30p's also have yellowish and pinkish problems.

crux · #673 Post by **crux** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:16 am

Here's my new T61 running FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p8 and Fluxbox, Firefox, Eterm, XFE, Gkrellm, XMMS with Gimp for the shot:

crux · #674 Post by **crux** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:05 pm

I have 3 machines running FreeBSD (I'm on my new T61 now) so I'm going to keep Windows 10 Pro on my new W520 for playing some of my old games. Here's a shot of it running The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion with Altec Lansing external speakers, Logitech illuminated mechanical keyboard and Razer DeathAdder mouse. I have a saved game with a Level 38 Nord Warrior so I was able to pick up where I left off last time I played:

And a screenshot:

kfzhu1229 · #675 Post by **kfzhu1229** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:59 pm

Oh I have the EXACT SAME Logitech keyboard too! Just I don't even know why anyone would like it because it looks quite ugly to my eyes! Now its sole purpose is just as something that just lights up so that I can tell if my desktop is powered on or not (I attached a little piece of eraser on the power button of my OptiPlex GX520 so that I can power it on just by my toe xD which also blocks the power indicator LED unfortunately)...

crux · #676 Post by **crux** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:30 am

kfzhu1229 wrote:Oh I have the EXACT SAME Logitech keyboard too! Just I don't even know why anyone would like it because it looks quite ugly to my eyes! Now its sole purpose is just as something that just lights up so that I can tell if my desktop is powered on or not (I attached a little piece of eraser on the power button of my OptiPlex GX520 so that I can power it on just by my toe xD which also blocks the power indicator LED unfortunately)...

LOL to each their own. I really like the slim profile and the stroke of the backlit keys. I have a stand I set my laptop on that I can pull close to me while I sit in the recliner and hold the keyboard on my lap. It's not bulky and I can see what the keys are in a darkened room.

In fact, I saw a photo here the other day of someone using what I remember to be an Apple keyboard done in a light color that reminded me of it. At the time I thought they must have taken the design from it.

crux · #677 Post by **crux** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 5:14 pm

I initially went with the 32bit version of FreeBSD on my T61 but built the 64bit version over the weekend:

I know it looks virtually the same but this is my working configuration. The only thing that ever changes is my wallpaper.

kony · #678 Post by **kony** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:40 pm

TankPad · #679 Post by **TankPad** » Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:59 pm

Here's a quick snap of my T420 dev machine. I don't like storing stuff on the desktop, so it's pretty basic.

crux · #680 Post by **crux** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:06 pm

My new X61 running FreeBSD:

Temetka · #681 Post by **Temetka** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:58 am

xmms I presume?

crux · #682 Post by **crux** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:20 am

Temetka wrote:xmms I presume?

Yes, it's lightweight, without a ton of dependencies, and what I always use. That's just one of many skins available for it.

Thinkpad4by3 · #683 Post by **Thinkpad4by3** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:38 am

PC DOS anyone?

crux · #684 Post by **crux** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:27 pm

Here's a shot of my W520 and its new OEM installation of Windows 7 Pro, replete with what appears to be all the Levono tools and recovery partition. I bought a HDD with a Lenovo image and put Windows 10 on the shelf:

And here's my X61 with a new Debian jessie build. I gave up on Vista, and already having 3 other FreeBSD boxen decided to go with Linux for a change:

I've still got a blank 100GB HDD@7200RPM for it and may go with OpenBSD before it's over. This is the first dedicated Linux box I've had in 10 years or so.

jdk · #685 Post by **jdk** » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:08 pm

This is my new daily driver. X250 768p next to a 24" Dell 1440p monitor. They are both around 123ppi which is consistent without scaling. My first Thinkpad daily driver in 3 years.

It mainly sits as a desktop, but when I need to travel, I just grab it and go. That wallpaper on the right has a lot of nostalgia for me.

OpenBSD current, cwm.

MikalE · #686 Post by **MikalE** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:14 am

FryPpy wrote:
MikalE wrote:http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/ ... acw4gg.jpg
This is REAL desktop! But what is name of the rightmost notebook?

I don't remember what that was. It was a customer's computer that was running for test purposes after a reload.

Dekks · #687 Post by **Dekks** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:09 am

Tinkering with a T60 1440x1050

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO ... g1o5tvC1Pv

#688 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:31 am

Dekks wrote:Tinkering with a T60 1440x1050

Image

General info:

Not all browsers display pictures/links properly, not known if caused by the browser or the Forum software.
I use the Pale Moon (27.0.3) browser, and instead of a picture (or even a link) in the above it shows me
Image
instead of this link:

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO ... g1o5tvC1Pv

When I click on the link, it says:

Google wrote: 404. That’s an error.
The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know.

It's a bad idea anyway to post pictures that are stored on Google, since they want you to sign in with a Google account.

When I copy that link into the Internet Explorer browser, then IE/Google also want you to sign in with a Google account.
They do NOT show you the picture, unless you also use their account, WTF ($*@!...)

Instead I recommend to go have a look at the likes of Imgur and post a picture (or link) from there.

Dekks · #689 Post by **Dekks** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:52 am

Shows how long ago i last posted a pic from there......

http://imgur.com/a/2Cmha

teamde78 · #690 Post by **teamde78** » Wed Apr 26, 2017 5:38 pm

Here is a general shot from my Thinkpad T60 Type 2623. I know its typical Win XP shot but I mainly use this PC for legacy applications like visual basic 6.0 and Starry Night for stargazing (not a big fan of the modern software).

One particular note about this machine is that I swapped out the US keyboard for a UK keyboard (absolutely loving it!).

http://imgur.com/a/MF6Ej

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