Comments on: I got a Mac!

By: Gracie Parker

Gracie Parker — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:19:58 +0000

microblogging is really useful when you want to broadcast short updates. i am still leaning towards traditional blogging.~”;

By: welp

welp — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:43:40 +0000

Haha, might be quite a while, I’m afraid – I was actually lead of a couple of the Gentoo on Alternative Platforms subprojects! I got a number of other Gentoo developers and users pestering me to start using/contributing to Gentoo Prefix, but they’ve not had any luck so far

By: Jacob Godserv

Jacob Godserv — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:05:00 +0000

Might want to look into this:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/

We’ll see how long you last before you start looking up how to get Gentoo to work on a MacBook. It’s actually quite compatible.

By: welp

welp — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:04:05 +0000

Thanks Daniel, I’ll let you know how I get on with MarsEdit

By: welp

welp — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:03:58 +0000

Yeah, they’re a bit pricy. Maybe, but I tend to prefer “new” things, personally.

Oh really? That’s interesting – one of the things I’ve seen them boast about is that they open/close ThinkPads hundreds of times as a part of their testing process. Sounds like they should’ve just used the cheaper one on all ThinkPads!

Not sure what I’ll do with it yet – I think my father would quite like to replace the LCD (most likely with a lower-resolution one) and hinge and use it on his yacht for GPS navigation and so on. I’m not a huge fan of home-theater systems, personally… We shall see!

By: Andreas Nilsson

Andreas Nilsson — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:41:33 +0000

Ohh, sorry to hear that, those LCDs aren’t cheap Maybe a bit of search could find you a second hand one if you’re interested…

Seems that Lenovo saved a bit to much on the hinges… A bit of googling finds numerous accounts of broken hinges on t61(p)’s There are two manufacturers of hinges for this model, one is bad ( the default ). Strange thing was that the bad hinge was 4 times as expensive as the good one…

Have you given any thoughts to what you’re going to use the t61 for? I guess a HTPC would be kinda nice

By: Daniel Jalkut

Daniel Jalkut — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:41:24 +0000

Welcome to the Mac! And thanks for giving MarsEdit a spin. Hope it treats you well.

By: welp

welp — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:58:40 +0000

Oh really? It was the right hinge on mine as well. I have suspicions that it was partly due to the way I opened it (using my thumb to push the screen up/forward with my hand at the base of the LCD). I cracked the LCD when attempting to take the front bezel off, unfortunately, so that would’ve made it a bit too pricey to repair.

I’m surprisingly not missing the ThinkPad keyboard too much – I’m really quite shocked at how fast I’ve become used to this keyboard. The only major issues I’ve been having is getting used to the OS X keyboard shortcuts and the fact that I’ve switched to a UK layout from a US layout.

By: Andreas Nilsson

Andreas Nilsson — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:35:09 +0000

Shiny

Sorry to hear about the thinkpad The same thing happend to my t61p ( the right hinge ), but using the guide from ibm/lenovo i was able to disassemble it without any major hickups ( a 1×1 mm pice of the plastic that covers the rear of the screen broke ). I orderd a replacement hinge from lenovos website and assembled the lappy and it’s now working just fine

When I bought the t61p I too was considering a Mac, but I don’t like the design ( well, the keyboard ) of the new mb pros… Don’t you miss your thinkpad keyboard?