29.3.19

Thinkpad / Frankenpad R61i: review and imperessions

After everal months of use I have to admit, that I'm really impressed by the performance gain I could achieve. My new laptop is fast, I can run (at least) 2 virtual machines at the same time (Windows 7 and XUbuntu), and UXGA display is large enough to show all news on one screen. :-)

Ports: after BIOS update I can use all "standard" ports, like USB, ExpressCard and PCMCIA. I did not test FireWire and S-Video, because I have neither devices nor need.

I'm quite satisfied with my job, and I plan to kepp this self-made Thinkpad for another couple of years. If something goes wrong, I have already a backup solution - Fujitsu-Siemens E8410. I bought him occasionaly for 12€ and I like him. It has all features I need.