New IBM ThinkPad Prototypes -- Unfold into desktops?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
For some reason, the IBM T40 costs € 3,500 over here, which is farking expensive.

Very odd, that's ridiculously expensive.

I paid $3,500CDN (€2,282) , including tax and shipping, for a T40 w/ 768MB RAM, 1.5GHz Pentium M, etc. That's a good $400-$500 cheaper than the 1.25GHz equivalent* G4 PowerBook.

* equivalent meaning the 1.25GHz G4 being about half of the speed and with considerably less RAM

[Q Classic]

And congrats on the X31, it's basically the T40's ultraportable sibling. The IT departments ought to love them since they can share the same software images.

and with symantec ghost, one doesn't even really need to bother with sysprep.

[Asher]

My best friend just placed an order for one of the new 15-inch G4s (upgrading his old G3 iBook).

I'll have lots of pictures of the keyboard lights after a month of use, since the owners of the PowerBooks don't seem to want to take pictures of that and post it on the web.

[Drake Tungsten]

Is there any good way to clean out a laptop keyboard? My iBook keyboard could use a good cleansing.

[Asher]

I just take my keyboard off, used a can of compressed air to blow between the keys.

[Drake Tungsten]

I figured so.

[Q Classic]

or you could pressure wash it with hot water to kill all the germs...

[DaShi]

Vaccum it.

[Hagbart]

Originally posted by Asher
I just take my keyboard off, used a can of compressed air to blow between the keys.

How do you do that? Do you think it's possible on a Thinkpad x22 too?

[Snotty]

Last time I hoovered my keyboard it sucked off one of my keys. Digging it out of the bag....urgh.....

[- Groucho -]

Originally posted by Asher
I just take my keyboard off, used a can of compressed air to blow between the keys.

Yeah, how do you do that? I've got a T40 and I can tell that the keyboard is a separate module because of the seem along the side, but I can't figure out what unhooks it. Of course, since I was given the laptop through work, the IT guys would rather chew out their own arteries than give me a manual or let me open this thing up, so no advice there ...

[- Groucho -]

Do you just unscrew the two little screws on the bottom that have the number "3" and what looks like it could be an icon representing a keboard? The other icon there - it looks kind of like an index card, but could be the screen - kinda worries me in that I have no idea what it signifies ... don't want to have the screen fall into my lap.

[Asher]

Here's IBM's website with diagrams on how to remove and put back the keyboard on T40s: http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site...cid=MIGR-46515

[Wiglaf]

The whole idea of a laptop folding out into a desktop is a little feminine, Asher. Let's wake up, folks - it takes a pretty indecisive and insecure individual to be unable to decide between notebook and desktop. On second thought, it takes a wimp. Like a dog with its tail between its legs. Reminds me of a guy saying "I'm a metrosexual" instead of "I'm gay" or "I'm straight" - they are obsessed with the middle ground. Making the analogy all the more perfect, the individual in question really is by his own admission more feminine than normal. His "agenda" for a day might include a makeover or a facial, for example. Damn I'm good.

[Asher]