Re: [PLUG] Resolved: What do you call a portable computer that ...

[Richard Owlett]

On 1/27/2016 4:30 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> I ended up getting a Lenovo Thinkpad X200 tablet. I put Ubuntu 14.04 on
> it and copied my music library to it. It works well in the car. At
> first, I thought I would want a tablet because it would be simpler to
> operate, and thinner at the foot of a passenger. As it turns out, it's
> actually easier to use it as a laptop. What makes it work is a feature I
> had not seen on previous laptops, and that is the ability to leave the
> computer running with the lid closed. ...

I have an older Lenovo T43 [purchased used several years ago] 
whose power management software has an option for that. This is a 
Windows only machine. I've not investigated what's available for 
my Linux machine.


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Re: [PLUG] Resolved: What do you call a portable computer that ...

[Paul Heinlein]

On Thu, 28 Jan 2016, Richard Owlett wrote:

> On 1/27/2016 4:30 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>> I ended up getting a Lenovo Thinkpad X200 tablet. I put Ubuntu 14.04 on
>> it and copied my music library to it. It works well in the car. At
>> first, I thought I would want a tablet because it would be simpler to
>> operate, and thinner at the foot of a passenger. As it turns out, it's
>> actually easier to use it as a laptop. What makes it work is a feature I
>> had not seen on previous laptops, and that is the ability to leave the
>> computer running with the lid closed. ...
>
> I have an older Lenovo T43 [purchased used several years ago]
> whose power management software has an option for that. This is a
> Windows only machine. I've not investigated what's available for
> my Linux machine.

I've got an X200 running CentOS 6 with the lid closed. The only time I 
pop the lid open is when I want a local console, usually for rebooting 
into a new kernel.

Laptops with a dock make great home servers because the UPS is built 
in. Assuming, that is, you can live without redundant disks, ECC 
memory, and all the other niceties of server-class hardware. :-)

-- 
Paul Heinlein <> heinl...@madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/
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Re: [PLUG] Resolved: What do you call a portable computer that ...

[Nat Taylor]

I've had laptops get too hot on me running with them closed, thats probably
why many don't let you do this.  A new flexi one like that might not have
that problem...

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Dick Steffens 
wrote:

> I ended up getting a Lenovo Thinkpad X200 tablet. I put Ubuntu 14.04 on
> it and copied my music library to it. It works well in the car. At
> first, I thought I would want a tablet because it would be simpler to
> operate, and thinner at the foot of a passenger. As it turns out, it's
> actually easier to use it as a laptop. What makes it work is a feature I
> had not seen on previous laptops, and that is the ability to leave the
> computer running with the lid closed. This offers better protection to
> the screen and this model is slim enough to not be a problem for the
> passenger.
>
> I'm using Totem Movie player to play music files. It's simple to use,
> and the way I store the files makes sense to me and my wife, which is
> all that matters for us.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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