On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Edd Barrett <vex...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Dan Harnett <dan...@harnett.name> wrote: >> At least here, one could get a used X60 for the cost of the 128GB drive. > > Yes, I think this is my new plan. Would have been nice to have the > tablet, but it's not essential. > > Thanks to all that replied. [...]
Be careful with X60, since it has *known* heating issues for the wireless (intel one) -- the right palm rest terribly heats up, and it is very uncomfortable to use then. I have the one that heats up, and I know how it is like on OpenBSD (less heating observed on Windows). No changes were observed even after changing the power. Lenovo finally replaced the entire motherboard for my X60, and it now heats up less. So if you are planning to go for a resale X60, confirm this first. Turns out that the vents and sinks are poorly designed around the card under the palm rest. In X61, they added a vent mesh on the right, which has reduced this problem somewhat. More details on the heating issue here: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x6x-thinkpad-hot-palmrest-issue/td-p/775 -Amarendra
