I picked up a Lenovo Thinkpad x131e in mint condition for
$40 a couple of months back..
Downloaded the hardware reference manual (Thanks, Lenovo,
for keeping up with IBM's reputation for docs) and opened
the system up..
Put the whole thing back together, Lenovo has continued
the other IBM habit of noting the size of the screw next
to the screw hole.
..and swapped out the bog-standard 32GB 2.5" SSD for a
480GB SSD.
..and a nice Lenovo "Island" keyboard.
2 USB 3 ports, ..
Ogg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
..and a nice Lenovo "Island" keyboard.
What an island keyboard? The x131e looks like any other
laptop.
What['s] an island keyboard? The x131e looks like any
other laptop.
They're also called "chiclet" keyboards - like a MacBook,
where the keys are inset into a front bezel, as opposed to
old Thinkpads where the keys were like a traditional
keyboard.
Ah.. chicklet keys. OK. My most recent Thinkpad T540p has
those. I hate them. As a result, I don't like using the T540p
very much at all. The T540p also lacks the extra L and R
buttons on the trackpad. That makes R-clicking very awkward.
Instead, the pad kinda tilts to the right - but the mechanics
of that seems to stick every once in a while and doesn't work.
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