Title: Thank you Thinkpad X41, for your long and trustworthy service
Tags: english, lenker
Date: 2013-01-01 09:20

<p>This Christmas my trusty old laptop died.  It died quietly and
suddenly in bed.  With a quiet whimper, it went completely quiet and
black.  The power button was no longer able to turn it on.  It was a
IBM Thinkpad X41, and the best laptop I ever had.  Better than both
Thinkpads X30, X31, X40, X60, X61 and X61S.  Far better than the
Compaq I had before that.  Now I need to find a replacement.  To keep
going during Christmas, I moved the one year old SSD disk to my old
X40 where it fitted (only one I had left that could use it), but it is
not a durable solution.

<p>My laptop needs are fairly modest.  This is my wishlist from when I
got a new one more than 10 years ago.  It still holds true.:)</p>

<ul>

<li>Lightweight (around 1 kg) and small volume (preferably smaller
  than A4).</li>
<li>Three button mouse and a mouse pin instead of touch pad.</li>
<li>Long battery life time.  Preferable a week.</li>
<li>Internal WIFI network card.</li>
<li>Internal Twisted Pair network card.</li>
<li>Some USB slots (2-3 is plenty)</li>
<li>Good keyboard - similar to the Thinkpad.</li>
<li>Video resolution at least 1024x768, with size around 12"</li>.
<li>Hardware supported by Debian Stable, ie the default kernel and
  X.org packages.</li>
<li>Quiet, preferably fan free (or at least not using the fan most of
  the time).

</ul>

<p>You will notice that there are no RAM and CPU requirements in the
list.  The reason is simply that the specifications on laptops the
last 10-15 years have been sufficient for my needs, and I have to look
at other features to choose my laptop.</p>

<p>Perhaps I should rethink my needs, and look for a pad with an
external keyboard?

Options?

X220
X1 Carbon



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ønskeliste/liste over viktige vurderingskriterier:

 - Batterilevetid min. tre timer
 - Skjermstørrelse 
 - Oppløsning min. 1024x768
 - minne bør våre 256MB
 - musknapper helst tre, minst to
 - styrepinne eventuelt i kombinasjon med touchpad
 - vekt under to kilo
 - antall pcmcia-slotter helst minst to
 - grafikk-kort støttet i x

 + støy?

http://www.linux-laptop.net/