You may have noticed I don’t do much posting evenings and weekends. Its not that I don’t want to or have anything to say, its just that I’ve got an ailing laptop that’s been giving my trouble recently.
I’ve known for a while that my Thinkpad T40 doesn’t like to be run anywhere but from a desk. The moment its anything but completely horizontal it promptly zaps its memory – leaving me to reboot the system. Frustrated by its lack of portability, I took it apart last night to see if I could find any visible damage. After an easy disassembly and look-over, I cranked it back up only to have it be even less reliable than before. Now it won’t even boot consistently from a flat surface. That’ll teach me to play technician!
My options at this point are to pay to get it repaired or buy a new one. Used models are all over Craigslist for $350-$500, which is what I might wind up paying to have this one repaired. I’ve got to find a solution soon, though, as blogging (and tinkering) is so important to me. Not having a working laptop is driving me nuts.
(Posted from my MacMini – which is normally my Myth box.)
Talk to jtower, i know he’s been looking for a reason to get a T6x, maybe selling you his t43 would be that motivation. 🙂
(sadly, we just sold a t40 we had in stock to a client last week).
I love my t43, but now mainly use it only for worky stuff. I got an Asus EEE 900. <2 lbs. I carry it around a lot to places I usually wouldn’t have toted my t43 to…