Journal MsGeek's Journal: Thinkpad ahoy...
Blue, blue, my laptop's blue...yep, I took the plunge this afternoon and within a couple of days I should have my Thinkpad 600E 400MHz. All I have to do now is buy RAM and it's gonna be ready to rock. Good Linux laptop. People still buy refurbed 600Es from the places that resell laptops loaded with Linux. It will either be running Knoppix or Mandrake. With Mandrake I'll prolly put 9.1 on first then upgrade it in situ once I get 9.2 disks. With Knoppix it's a matter of apt-get upgrade once it's installed to the HD.
I mean, yeah, all this money I got in the loan is meant to pay off credit card debt, but after careful consideration treating myself to a new technological toy is a Very Good Thing (tm). I deserve it. Especially after that 100% on my math test.
BTW an interesting blast from the Slashdot past...IBM actually pursued Red Hat certification for the 600E. This article has all the info:
http://slashdot.org:80/article.pl?sid=99/09/14/1040235
Another interesting fact: A 600E similarly configured to the one I'm still waiting for (stupid fsckn FedEx Ground...it's 10/15 at 3:39pm and I'm still waiting...) was $4,011 and change when new. This is the link from Computer Geeks on what I bought:
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=IBM600E-9
It still shows as available if anyone's interested.
Anyway, one last note at 7:10pm PDT. Blue Tomato arrived safely at Catseye Labs about 2 hours ago. It booted Knoppix flawlessly, save for no sound. I understand that Linux gets a bit confused between the sound card and the MWave modem chip and has to be straightened out. But that's but a minor consideration. It truly is "A" grade condition...almost like new. I am stoked.
