Re: [Thinkpad] T40, PC2700

From: Bill - ThinkPads dot Com <bill_at_thinkpads.com> Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 01:02:55 EST · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.8 : Fri May 26 2006 - 16:01:53 EDT

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Chris Schumann, Partner             Third Wave Partnership, LLC
Office 612-920-4364                        722 W 66 St, PMB 302
Fax 612-677-3003                          Minneapolis, MN 55423
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:35:13 -0500
From: "stv" <stv@fgm.com>
Subject: [Thinkpad] re: T40P review
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
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>> Stick that pesky Fn key somewhere else!
> How about remapping the ctrl key? I've been doing it
> for years (not just on my laptop) and have even gotten
> others to switch to my layout. IMO Caps lock is near
> useless. Do yourself a favor and move ctrl there.
Excellent idea ... what do you use to remap keys?
--stv
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:35:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Kev <co273@bfn.org>
Subject: Re: [compute] Re: [Thinkpad] I want a three spindle R50!
To: Ray Bayles <canyonlands@theriver.com>
Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org, tOM@Abacurial.com
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> However, we find HP systems built since May of 2000 to be the least
> reliable of all computers we see... requiring more motherboard
> replacements, hard drive replacements, floppy drive replacements than
> all other computers combined. I have seen some other technicians
> reporting as high as 15 percent of all HP's going bad.
>
Before the merger with Compaq, their product line design quality was quite
good.  The Omnibook series was supposedly pretty reliable, but after the
merger?  Ick.
> I don't know if our experience is found by technicians elsewhere in the
> county. The HP's we see in our shop were purchased at Best Buy, Circuit
> City, Walmart, and Costco... This could also mean that we see more bad
> ones because they sell more computers.
>
Don't forget that those models tend to be the 7 lb cheapskate specials or
desktop replacement models that any no one in here with a 5x0, 600, T, X,
or R series machine and a right state of mind would buy.
I don't think that those suckers were built with quality or travel
durability in mind.  Most of the machines there just screams "Hey, buy me!
I'm too lazy to do some online comparisons and those machines are
overpriced for the specs that they offer!"
> I would never purchase a HP, Compaq, or Sony based on what I see. The
> difference between Thinkpads, Dell Inspirons and Latitudes and the rest
> of the market is stunning.
Well, most Inspirons ARE latitudes with a crappier warranty agreement and
a slightly smaller pricetag, and the Thinkpads?  Well, you pay through the
nose for the brand name, but in most cases they are well worth it.
Here.  I'll prove the point by dropping my Thinkpad 240 on the floor.
(Hey!  It still works!)
Thank you.  My point has been proven.
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:51:50 -0600 (CST)
From: Chris Schumann <cschumann@twp-llc.com>
Subject: [Thinkpad] WTB RAM
To: ThinkPad Mailing List <thinkpad@stderr.org>
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Hi All. In my quest for 600E RAM, I thought some of you folks might also
want to upgrade your RAM, and therefore might have some used (read cheap)
memory for sale in your older ThinkPads.
I'm looking for one piece of either 128MB (preferred) or 256MB PC100
SODIMM SDRAM for a 600E, from a top-tier memory maker (Crucial, IBM, etc.)
and (checking eBay for prices...) I'd like to get one for no more than $25
(for 128MB) shipped (to Minnesota). Crucial sells one new for $48.99.
If you want to be rid of one, let me know.
--
Chris Schumann, Partner             Third Wave Partnership, LLC
Office 612-920-4364                        722 W 66 St, PMB 302
Fax 612-677-3003                          Minneapolis, MN 55423
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:11:05 -0700
From: Lee Stewart <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
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At 02:16 AM 1/10/2004, Deanna Berman wrote:
>IBM probably doesn't give a hoot.
I don't want to belabor all the comments on this too much.  I agree IBM
shouldn't care.
But FYI...   For me to get the warranty extension, I had to be writing them
via my business email (vs. personal), that matched the business name, which
matched a verifiable business address (either by web site, or business
phone book lookup), and paid for with a business corporate credit
card.  (They wouldn't take my personal card for it...)   YMMV
Sigh....   But hopefully in a week or so, I'll finally have the upgrade I
ordered back in early December...
Lee
Lee Stewart
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:29:32 -0500
From: "stv" <stv@fgm.com>
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] re: T40P review
To: "'Brendon Baumgartner'" <brendon@brendon.com>
Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
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Wow! very cool, however, my preference would be to map FN to Caps Lock
and *duplicate* the CTRL key on FN (moving Ctrl to Caps Lock would screw
me up on "normal" keyboards ...
--stv
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brendon Baumgartner
>
>
> Put this in a reg file and you're set.
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
> "Scancode
> Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,3a,00,1d,00,1d,00,3a,00,\
>   00,00,00,00
>
> Careful about the line wrapping...
> It's one line with a \ in the middle to make it two.
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:40:22 -0700
From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
To: "thinkpad@stderr.org" <Thinkpad@stderr.org>, "Lee Stewart"
<lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
Message-ID: <007b01c3da26$3adbc680$0200000a@f5yxd>
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Wow! What a hassle -- not to mention the fact that many businesses don't
use
corporate credit cards, websites or pay for business
email or phone listings.
They'd have a field day with me; I have two businesses, for which I file
two
Schedule Cs with my tax return -- and "Deanna Berman"
is the legal name of each!
Y'know, I just remembered that I got an industry discount of a couple
hundred dollars from IBM when I bought my X21. Nobody asked
for any verification of anything!
Has anyone else run into these obnoxious roadblocks with IBM?
Deanna
dberman@4dv.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Stewart" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 14:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
> At 02:16 AM 1/10/2004, Deanna Berman wrote:
> >IBM probably doesn't give a hoot.
>
> I don't want to belabor all the comments on this too much.  I agree IBM
> shouldn't care.
>
> But FYI...   For me to get the warranty extension, I had to be writing
them
> via my business email (vs. personal), that matched the business name,
which
> matched a verifiable business address (either by web site, or business
> phone book lookup), and paid for with a business corporate credit
> card.  (They wouldn't take my personal card for it...)   YMMV
>
> Sigh....   But hopefully in a week or so, I'll finally have the upgrade I
> ordered back in early December...
>
> Lee
>
> Lee Stewart
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> mailto:lee.stewart@attglobal.net
>
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:16:28 -0500
From: "Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS)" <rosenr@mail.nih.gov>
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] T40P review -- Adjusting Lotus Notes text size
To: "Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS)" <rosenr@mail.nih.gov>,
"'thinkpad@stderr.org'" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Cc: "'gwydion@courvilles.com'" <gwydion@courvilles.com>
Message-ID:
<73456EC4BBEC6A45AE7D91398877B8461BF892CA@nihexchange5.nih.gov>
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To change the font size of the entire display in Notes, you can do one of
the following:
  1.  In Windows, enable High Contrast mode through your operating system,
      then in Notes choose File - Preferences - User Preferences, and
select
      'Use System Colors." Then choose View - Text Size - Largest, Larger,
or
      Restore to change the size of the Notes display text.
      (Macintosh OS X users: Notes - Preferences - User Preferences.)
Or
  2.  Add large font settings to your NOTES.INI file.
             To add large font settings to your NOTES.INI file
             NOTES.INI is a configuration file, located in your Notes
directory,
             that stores information about your personal Notes
installation.
If
             you need to use larger fonts at all times, close Notes, open
your
             NOTES.INI file, and add the following setting as a new line
anywhere
             in the file (note, in R5, needs to be near the top before all
the
             font definitions):
                   Display_font_adjustment=n
             Here, n is the number of points added to the default size and
is a
             number between 0 and 25. For example, if you want to increase
the
             font size to 5, you would type:
                   Display_font_adjustment=5
             Save your NOTES.INI file after you add the new font line, and
then
             re-open Notes.
  3.  Change the size of your display fonts in Windows. Changing your
Windows
      display fonts affects all programs on your computer. Refer to Windows
      Help for more information.
________________
Robert Rosen
CIO
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
(NIAMS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
US Department of Health and Human Services
E-Mail:  rosenr@mail.nih.gov
Tel:  (301) 496-0799
-----Original Message-----
From: Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS)
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:46 PM
To: 'thinkpad@stderr.org'
Cc: 'gwydion@courvilles.com'
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T40P review
It's easy to change character size in Notes. It is a setting in the
notes.ini file. Don't remember the variable name off the top of my head (it
is documented in the help files). I can get it tomorrow afternoon when I'm
back in the office. It works in Notes 4, 5, and 6. I use it on various
machines.
Robert
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:38:46 -0800
From: gwydion <gwydion@courvilles.com>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T40P review
To: thinkpad@stderr.org
Message-ID: <opr1orywudrzq1yu@mail4.bayarea.net>
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:23:12 -0600, Rob Bell <RobDBell@netscape.net> wrote:
> gwydion@courvilles.com wrote:
It is definitely a small number of applications.  Unfortunately, Lotus
Notes
seems to be one of them (or maybe I'm just to dim to figure out how to
adjust it), and I use that constantly.  Even if you could manually
configure
it through the Windows settings, that's a pretty tedious process when
switching back and forth between the laptop screen and an external monitor
at different resolutions.
I never said that it was "a 'given' that high-res is a bad solution," I
simply responded to a question about whether things could be expanded to
look the same.  In most cases, the high-res screen will be better.  But it
does depend on what you are doing.
--------------------------
Robert Rosen
CIO, NIAMS
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:25:35 -0500
From: "Jim Biggerstaff" <duh2000@verizon.net>
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
To: "'Deanna Berman'" <dberman@4dv.net>, "'thinkpad@stderr.org'"
<Thinkpad@stderr.org>, "'Lee Stewart'" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
Message-ID: <20040113232832.GKRA12902.out004.verizon.net@T30>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
About three years IBM didn't want to sell me an extended warranty (EW) for
a
i1480, claiming that they were for business users only.
I raised hell.
Sent an email to Lou Gerstner, stating that none of the documentation with
the unit said and EW was not available for individual users, no indication
by the seller, etc..  Used the "D" word - discrimination.
I got an extended warranty fairly quickly after the issue was passed to
some
sort of ombudsman.
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org
> [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On Behalf Of Deanna Berman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:40 PM
> To: thinkpad@stderr.org; Lee Stewart
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
>
> Wow! What a hassle -- not to mention the fact that many
> businesses don't use corporate credit cards, websites or pay
> for business email or phone listings.
>
> They'd have a field day with me; I have two businesses, for
> which I file two Schedule Cs with my tax return -- and "Deanna Berman"
> is the legal name of each!
> Y'know, I just remembered that I got an industry discount of
> a couple hundred dollars from IBM when I bought my X21.
> Nobody asked for any verification of anything!
>
> Has anyone else run into these obnoxious roadblocks with IBM?
>
> Deanna
> dberman@4dv.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Stewart" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 14:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
>
>
> > At 02:16 AM 1/10/2004, Deanna Berman wrote:
> > >IBM probably doesn't give a hoot.
> >
> > I don't want to belabor all the comments on this too much.  I agree
> > IBM shouldn't care.
> >
> > But FYI...   For me to get the warranty extension, I had to
> be writing them
> > via my business email (vs. personal), that matched the
> business name,
> > which matched a verifiable business address (either by web site, or
> > business phone book lookup), and paid for with a business
> corporate credit
> > card.  (They wouldn't take my personal card for it...)   YMMV
> >
> > Sigh....   But hopefully in a week or so, I'll finally have
> the upgrade I
> > ordered back in early December...
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > Lee Stewart
> > --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> - - - - -
> > - mailto:lee.stewart@attglobal.net
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:29:47 -0500
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>, "Lee Stewart" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
Message-ID: <001c01c3da2d$225f72d0$6700a8c0@X20>
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I have done around 6 extensions, and never had any of all that
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Stewart" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
> At 02:16 AM 1/10/2004, Deanna Berman wrote:
> >IBM probably doesn't give a hoot.
>
> I don't want to belabor all the comments on this too much.  I agree IBM
> shouldn't care.
>
> But FYI...   For me to get the warranty extension, I had to be writing
them
> via my business email (vs. personal), that matched the business name,
which
> matched a verifiable business address (either by web site, or business
> phone book lookup), and paid for with a business corporate credit
> card.  (They wouldn't take my personal card for it...)   YMMV
>
> Sigh....   But hopefully in a week or so, I'll finally have the upgrade I
> ordered back in early December...
>
> Lee
>
> Lee Stewart
> --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> mailto:lee.stewart@attglobal.net
>
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:30:25 -0500
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
To: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>, "thinkpad@stderr.org"
<Thinkpad@stderr.org>, "Lee Stewart" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
Message-ID: <002b01c3da2d$4203e1c0$6700a8c0@X20>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Not me!
I just said it was for business use, and that was it!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
To: "thinkpad@stderr.org" <Thinkpad@stderr.org>; "Lee Stewart"
<lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
> Wow! What a hassle -- not to mention the fact that many businesses don't
use corporate credit cards, websites or pay for business
> email or phone listings.
>
> They'd have a field day with me; I have two businesses, for which I file
two Schedule Cs with my tax return -- and "Deanna Berman"
> is the legal name of each!
> Y'know, I just remembered that I got an industry discount of a couple
hundred dollars from IBM when I bought my X21. Nobody asked
> for any verification of anything!
>
> Has anyone else run into these obnoxious roadblocks with IBM?
>
> Deanna
> dberman@4dv.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Stewart" <lee.stewart@attglobal.net>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 14:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Warranty Extensions
>
>
> > At 02:16 AM 1/10/2004, Deanna Berman wrote:
> > >IBM probably doesn't give a hoot.
> >
> > I don't want to belabor all the comments on this too much.  I agree IBM
> > shouldn't care.
> >
> > But FYI...   For me to get the warranty extension, I had to be writing
them
> > via my business email (vs. personal), that matched the business name,
which
> > matched a verifiable business address (either by web site, or business
> > phone book lookup), and paid for with a business corporate credit
> > card.  (They wouldn't take my personal card for it...)   YMMV
> >
> > Sigh....   But hopefully in a week or so, I'll finally have the upgrade
I
> > ordered back in early December...
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > Lee Stewart
> > --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > mailto:lee.stewart@attglobal.net
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Thinkpad mailing list
> > Thinkpad@stderr.org
> > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
>
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