I used the 16.04.2 LTS iso from everything was working without any tuning. I upgraded the memory of the machine toĪ total of 6GB to be able to run 64bit Linux, amd64 (the old gentoo installation one was i386). That I finally needed to install a new OS. Gentoo served me well for the last 8 years but it's difficult to installĪ new web browser on such an old Linux distribution. July 2017, re-install with xubuntu 16.04.2 LTS I replaced it with a piece of stainless steel speaker cover. My palm rests on it while typing and it caused the plastic mesh to breakĪfter about 4 years. The only thing that broke is the cover of the left speaker. Some keysĪre looking a bit shiny and used but the response and feel of the keyboard The laptop is still running with its original keyboard. This might be normal I bought this laptop with a spare keyboard. Typically the space-bar, the enter key or the shift key would start to be come unresponsive. Required e.g about every 2-3 years a new keyboard. Most of my previous laptops needed after a couple of years of typing a new keyboard. Notice that the anti-reflection coating that Lenovo uses is not as goodĪs the one that IBM used to put on the screens when thinkpads were still made by IBM.Ģ017: The Thinkpad x301 after 8 years of continuous use I have the feeling that theĬolors are much better because of the LED backlight. The display is very good and bright indoors. Linux boots inġ0-15 sec to the console login prompt. Start an application the files are read from all over Have measured the speed of their drives by reading data What seems to make a huge difference is the For me it was theįirst time I had used a solid state drive and I am impressed. The solid state drive on this laptop is great. Let's see what the X301 will look like in 2 The impression that the X301 has an extra coating on the keys. Would get shiny and slippery or they would stop working. On the T43 I needed every two years a new keyboard because the keys Warm but you don't get the feeling it is overheating.īefore buying I have read a few reviews and one of the comments wasĪlways that the display hinges are now plastic. Get at times very hot especially below the palm rest. With the low power consumption comes also low heat. With that but I get about 3 hours of normal use. Lenovo talks about a whole working day onīattery on their marketing pages. The fan makes almost no noise at allĪlthough it is on all the time. A problem that plagued previous Thinkpads was fan noise. The X301 hardware in generalThis notebook is very lightĪnd thin yet it feels solid (the case is made from carbon-fiber and glass-fiber).ĭesign. Impressive from a product quality point of view. IBM Thinkpad 600e is now 11 years old and I still use it. IĪlso like the fact that it has 3 mouse buttons and a keyboard The X301 is that it seemed better suited for running linux. The reason that I still decided to go for I have been looking at both Apple macbooks and Thinkpads.Īpple is probably at the moment the one company with the most Hardware quality is therefore a very important to The hight includes the feet, otherwise it would be only Lenovo Thinkpad X301, model: 2777-CTO, serial:ġ3.3" WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT display wit LED backlight Intalling Linux on an Lenovo Thinkpad X301
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