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John Doue
Flightless Bird
On 4/16/2010 3:11 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
> [snip Roy / Ganesh babble]
>
> Jebus but you guys talk to yourselves a lot!
>
> The best laptop 'in the town', without a doubt, is this one I'm using. I
> spent quite a bit of time last year tracking it down and paid as much or
> more for it (or more) second-hand as I would have paid for a
> similarly-specced new (completely plastic) machine.
>
> It's an IBM / Lenovo (both logos on it) T60 2007-7KU. It has a matte finish
> 4 screen (you can keep your reflection-prone glossy screens and trendy
> widescreens thanks). Also, the screen is IPS technology (Google it if you
> don't know what it is) and relatively high resolution at 1400x1050 for a 15"
> screen. It's a treat to use, easy on the eyes, beautiful colours and simply
> awesome viewing angles. These IPS screens aren't used in full-sized laptops
> anymore as they're expensive to produce, requiring three times as many
> transistors as a TN panel, three per pixel rather than one. These days
> people buy on price and adding $500 for a top-of-the-line screen isn't
> feasible.
>
> The CPU is a T7400 2.16GHz Core2Duo (which is plenty fast enough for
> anything short of heavy-duty computing which should be done on 'heavy iron'
> anyway), is 64-bit capable and also has Intel's 'Virtualisation Technology'
> which could be essential for future OSes.
>
> The laptop itself has a magnesium-alloy chassis and feels reassuringly solid
> and robust, far more so than most laptops that are simply two pieces of
> plastic screwed together. The graphics processor is an ATI X1400 with 128MB
> of VRAM. While not a high-end gaming machine it's more than adequate for
> some of the older games that I play. (Again, like a laptop isn't made for
> heavy-duty number crunching (that's what high-power desktops and mainframes
> are for) it's not made for high-end gaming, (that's what gaming consoles are
> for).
>
> As an overall package the 15" T60 with the T7x00 CPU and the "FlexView" IPS
> screen is widely held as the best laptop ever made and they command a high
> price (if you can get one). It's probably not "cool" but it is a damn fine
> laptop.
I totally agree with the virtues of the Flexview display. Even though
my R51 is relatively slow, I will never move to anything of lower
quality in terms of display. Chances are I am "stuck" with my machine
for ever ... whatever that means when you are 68 as I!
Shaun, if you ever sell your machine, let me know!
--
John Doue
> [snip Roy / Ganesh babble]
>
> Jebus but you guys talk to yourselves a lot!
>
> The best laptop 'in the town', without a doubt, is this one I'm using. I
> spent quite a bit of time last year tracking it down and paid as much or
> more for it (or more) second-hand as I would have paid for a
> similarly-specced new (completely plastic) machine.
>
> It's an IBM / Lenovo (both logos on it) T60 2007-7KU. It has a matte finish
> 4 screen (you can keep your reflection-prone glossy screens and trendy
> widescreens thanks). Also, the screen is IPS technology (Google it if you
> don't know what it is) and relatively high resolution at 1400x1050 for a 15"
> screen. It's a treat to use, easy on the eyes, beautiful colours and simply
> awesome viewing angles. These IPS screens aren't used in full-sized laptops
> anymore as they're expensive to produce, requiring three times as many
> transistors as a TN panel, three per pixel rather than one. These days
> people buy on price and adding $500 for a top-of-the-line screen isn't
> feasible.
>
> The CPU is a T7400 2.16GHz Core2Duo (which is plenty fast enough for
> anything short of heavy-duty computing which should be done on 'heavy iron'
> anyway), is 64-bit capable and also has Intel's 'Virtualisation Technology'
> which could be essential for future OSes.
>
> The laptop itself has a magnesium-alloy chassis and feels reassuringly solid
> and robust, far more so than most laptops that are simply two pieces of
> plastic screwed together. The graphics processor is an ATI X1400 with 128MB
> of VRAM. While not a high-end gaming machine it's more than adequate for
> some of the older games that I play. (Again, like a laptop isn't made for
> heavy-duty number crunching (that's what high-power desktops and mainframes
> are for) it's not made for high-end gaming, (that's what gaming consoles are
> for).
>
> As an overall package the 15" T60 with the T7x00 CPU and the "FlexView" IPS
> screen is widely held as the best laptop ever made and they command a high
> price (if you can get one). It's probably not "cool" but it is a damn fine
> laptop.
I totally agree with the virtues of the Flexview display. Even though
my R51 is relatively slow, I will never move to anything of lower
quality in terms of display. Chances are I am "stuck" with my machine
for ever ... whatever that means when you are 68 as I!
Shaun, if you ever sell your machine, let me know!
--
John Doue