On 2000-11-16 03:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >opinion time ;-) > >my current favorite machine is the thinkpad x20.
I have recently bought a T20 which I am totally satisfied with! >nice points, imo: > > -hard disk is very easy to swap > -built-in ethernet (mini-pci, so eth0 does not appear as a pcmcia device) Does it do full-duplex 100baseT at full speed? IE Can 9.5MB/s be transferred over it without taking heaps of CPU time? > -xga > -c. 1.5 kg > -2 usb ports -- no legacy ports (you can get a dock, replicator, or bay > station for that stuff) -- even the floppy is usb Which ?20 model do you have? Mine has a quite regular floppy disk. I would be happier with USB though as the "reboot to switch between floppy and CD-ROM" sucks. > -three mouse buttons + non-trackpad (trackpads are my least favorite > pointing device) > -built-in external vga port > -1 pc card slot and 1 cf slot cf slot? >my gripes (mostly minor) w/ it are: > > -the built-in modem is a winmodem(?) (i think the lucent > binary module may work, but that goes against my principles) > -pc cards and cf cards are hard to eject unless you have small > fingers Agreed. The 600E I had before had much better card eject mechanism. -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
