I have an X60 and it rocks. The X61 solves it's warm palm rest issue when Wifi is on (on the X60 the module is under the palm rest and gets toasty)<div><br></div><div>I would highly recommend Thinkpads, especially the classic IBM ones :)</div>
<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 September 2012 12:12, Paul Lawrence <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.z.lawrence@btinternet.com" target="_blank">paul.z.lawrence@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:lucida console,sans-serif"><div><span>Thanks, Karl & Dan. Do you know...? after I'd sent the email I thought ....was there a PSU? Doh!</span></div>
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<span>Anyway. Keep struggling ...</span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'lucida console',sans-serif"><span><br>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Karl Buckland <<a href="mailto:buckland.karl@gmail.com" target="_blank">buckland.karl@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Paul Lawrence <<a href="mailto:paul.z.lawrence@btinternet.com" target="_blank">paul.z.lawrence@btinternet.com</a>>; Kent Linux User Group - General Topics <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 9:03<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Klug-general] Lenovo x61 deal ...<br> </font> </div> <br>As Dan says - no power brick. I would also factor in having to buy a<br>
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battery. Still - nice find.<br><br>Karl<br><br><br>On 18 September 2012 08:49, Paul Lawrence<br><<a href="mailto:paul.z.lawrence@btinternet.com" target="_blank">paul.z.lawrence@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>
><br>> Looks like a pretty good deal (from <a href="http://hotdeals.com" target="_blank">hotdeals.com</a>) .....<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.schtrade.co.uk/brands/Lenovo.html?page=12&sort=featured" target="_blank">http://www.schtrade.co.uk/brands/Lenovo.html?page=12&sort=featured</a><br>
><br>> no OS and according to<br>> <a href="http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?filter=location&location=forum-board%3AX_Series_Thinkpads&q=X61+ssd" target="_blank">http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?filter=location&location=forum-board%3AX_Series_Thinkpads&q=X61+ssd</a><br>
> upgrade to SSD is possible ....<br>><br>> I use an old x41 with Ubuntu 12.04 every day and the x61
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