blog/draft/2013-new-laptop.txt

   1 Title: Thank you Thinkpad X41, for your long and trustworthy service
   2 Tags: english, lenker
   3 Date: 2013-01-01 09:20
   4
   5 <p>This Christmas my trusty old laptop died.  It died quietly and
   6 suddenly in bed.  With a quiet whimper, it went completely quiet and
   7 black.  The power button was no longer able to turn it on.  It was a
   8 IBM Thinkpad X41, and the best laptop I ever had.  Better than both
   9 Thinkpads X30, X31, X40, X60, X61 and X61S.  Far better than the
  10 Compaq I had before that.  Now I need to find a replacement.  To keep
  11 going during Christmas, I moved the one year old SSD disk to my old
  12 X40 where it fitted (only one I had left that could use it), but it is
  13 not a durable solution.
  14
  15 <p>My laptop needs are fairly modest.  This is my wishlist from when I
  16 got a new one more than 10 years ago.  It still holds true.:)</p>
  17
  18 <ul>
  19
  20 <li>Lightweight (around 1 kg) and small volume (preferably smaller
  21   than A4).</li>
  22 <li>Three button mouse and a mouse pin instead of touch pad.</li>
  23 <li>Long battery life time.  Preferable a week.</li>
  24 <li>Internal WIFI network card.</li>
  25 <li>Internal Twisted Pair network card.</li>
  26 <li>Some USB slots (2-3 is plenty)</li>
  27 <li>Good keyboard - similar to the Thinkpad.</li>
  28 <li>Video resolution at least 1024x768, with size around 12"</li>.
  29 <li>Hardware supported by Debian Stable, ie the default kernel and
  30   X.org packages.</li>
  31 <li>Quiet, preferably fan free (or at least not using the fan most of
  32   the time).
  33
  34 </ul>
  35
  36 <p>You will notice that there are no RAM and CPU requirements in the
  37 list.  The reason is simply that the specifications on laptops the
  38 last 10-15 years have been sufficient for my needs, and I have to look
  39 at other features to choose my laptop.</p>
  40
  41 <p>Perhaps I should rethink my needs, and look for a pad with an
  42 external keyboard?
  43
  44 Options?
  45
  46 X220
  47 X1 Carbon
  48
  49
  50
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  52 ønskeliste/liste over viktige vurderingskriterier:
  53
  54  - Batterilevetid min. tre timer
  55  - Skjermstørrelse
  56  - Oppløsning min. 1024x768
  57  - minne bør våre 256MB
  58  - musknapper helst tre, minst to
  59  - styrepinne eventuelt i kombinasjon med touchpad
  60  - vekt under to kilo
  61  - antall pcmcia-slotter helst minst to
  62  - grafikk-kort støttet i x
  63
  64  + støy?
  65
  66 http://www.linux-laptop.net/