Comments on: Hello Thinkpad X60s

By: The X60s: One year later « Motho ke motho ka botho

The X60s: One year later « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:54:55 +0000

[...] about time for another little birthday party. About a year ago, I finally broke down, waded through my indecisiveness and plopped down less than US$400 or so for a humdinger of a [...]

By: Just right for me « Motho ke motho ka botho

Just right for me « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:14:10 +0000

[...] Hardware Leave a Comment A short note, only to mention that I’ve added the X60s to my hardware page, which is pretty much a papal blessing as to whether or not a machine gets to [...]

By: Transferring the Crux ISO to USB « Motho ke motho ka botho

Transferring the Crux ISO to USB « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:49:10 +0000

[...] in the mean time, my scheme for installing Crux on the X60s remains the same. Now to put my evil plan to work. [...]

By: Circumventing a lack of USB CD support « Motho ke motho ka botho

Circumventing a lack of USB CD support « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:31:36 +0000

[...] this particular situation I was rebuilding the system for my Pentium. Since the X60s uses SATA drives instead of the old IDE connection, I have to use an external enclosure to connect [...]

By: One short note: Compiling times « Motho ke motho ka botho

One short note: Compiling times « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:09:54 +0000

[...] That’s why I bought this machine. [...]

By: A bare minimum « Motho ke motho ka botho

A bare minimum « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:07:18 +0000

[...] Published 2010/02/25 Linux Leave a Comment This might sound odd in the wake of my purchase of a core duo machine last week, but even before that I was pondering exactly how slow a machine I could conceivably step down to, [...]

By: Picking an external DVD drive « Motho ke motho ka botho

Picking an external DVD drive « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:49:37 +0000

[...] floppy drives disappeared I was a little concerned, but it hasn’t really affected me much. This X60s is the first machine I’ve ever bought that came without an optical drive though, and [...]

By: Onyros

Onyros — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:20:28 +0000

Your X60 looks in pretty good shape, especially for an under $400 machine. I got the X31 for under $100 – without postage. Incredible how cheap these things are these days.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:04:16 +0000

I bought a Yonah Core Duo about 3 years ago (made by Gateway). It’s a nice processor. Came with Vista. It now dual boots Fedora and Vista. I only keep Vista hanging around for video editing. I’ve not found anything I like on Linux (though I’m researching).

It’s still a snappy machine. Faster than the Windows boxen (spyware infested things they are) at work.

I remember my first Thinkpad circa 1998. If it weren’t for a busted power jack, I’d still be using it.

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:51:41 +0000

These are dark days indeed.