By the way, while agreeing that IBM lappies are good, I've to say they are ugly too

Hehehehe , unfortunately that is so true... You'd think that for such a reliable and sturdy lappie, the guys at IBM/Lenovo should also design it better... Amongst all lappies, the ThinkPad is the one that most resembles a black box!

the look is not a issue for me.. jz hope the future thinkpad have better graphic card and clearer lcd( clear view technology) ... should improve at the weight issue also....

but last month i read they got a green color lenovo launch tis year. not sure nice or not

And not forgetting the two Windows buttons... The R50e does not have both, so it can get quite ma-fan to always click on the Start instead of being able to activate it with the push of a button... Furthermore, how come some IBM lappies have only got one speaker?

1 speaker? but mine r52 have 2 speakers...

one more thing that r52 lack of is the shortcut button to turn on/ off wireless and bluetooth... quite troublesome everytime when i wanna online... need to press Fn + F5, then click at the icon again

True true... Even the R50e has this problem... U have to deactivate the wireless via Windows instead of just switching it on and off...

hi all,new comer report in
ibm thinkpad z60t
pentium m 1.73
1.2gb ddr2 ram
40gb hdd

i'm happy with this blackie but loading in window quite take time!!too many security thing to load !shut down also take time ler!

Yup, ThinkPads included many of their own custom software and it takes quite sometimes to load into windows. My ThinkPad has around 57 apps running.

Hehehe, thats a problem many ThinkPad users face... Mine also takes a few minutes to boot-up and also another few minutes for shutdown... I think much of the resources is taken up by Access IBM in addition to the standard Windows applications...

yeah... it takes a lot of times to load in and shut down the windows... luckily i found the software that accelerate this process... now it is quite fast...

So what's the software that can speed up the boot-up and shutdown process?

Dachshund Integrator

this programme contains 4 parts:
anti crash - recover the error before it happens ( damn good)
battery doubler - extend battery life ( not tested yet )
other 2 i am not sure about the fuction

but this software really speed up when u hibernate or shutdown
if u want to speed up startup process, dont use norton anti virus...
that's all i know.. hope it helps

Guys I Need some help...I lost all my Thinkpad T43 CDs when I move house.. So anyone of u using that same model? I wish to buy the complete CD from u. Duplicate burn CD is also acceptable. Thanks. Pls PM me.

I am using T43 but it's my company laptop so those CDs are not with me.

I think most of the stuff are available in the website except your copy of OEM Windows Xp
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss...9&validate=true

What software is that, buddy? Is it obtained via download or purchase from shops?

download form internet... some kinda chinese forum... then have to crack it...( they provided)
my roommate gave it to me...

Icic, any URL that can be provided, btw? Seems to be interesting, this nifty piece of application...

If it can at least reduce the waiting time during bootup and shutdown of IBM ThinkPads, then the app should be worth it...

This post has been edited by ClieNut Gadget Freak: Jun 11 2006, 10:50 AM

If you use rescue & recovery to create backup disc, you are able to burn yourself back-up CDs at the point of factory default settings. I've made a backup of mine and it needed 7CDs

How about downloading from IBM/Lenovo's website? I think they should have the drivers right? But dunno how long is the download time lah...