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Not *quite* retro but... ThinkPad T60/T61 Frankenpad swap

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First post, by oeuvre

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Hi all,

A few weeks ago I bought a 14.1" T61 and 14.1" T60. The T60 was in great shape and the T61 was okay except for a couple of cracks on the rear vent. I decided to just swap the boards out and create a Frankenpad of sorts ( I know, screen wise not an upgrade and people usually go for the T60p 15" but moreso I wanted the better chassis + IBM logos on a T61). So here they are...

http://imgur.com/a/zXwks

T61 - 14.1" SXGA+, T9300, 4GB, 500GB 7200RPM, NVS140M, Middleton BIOS, awaiting an Intel 5100 for wireless N

T60 - 14.1" SXGA+, T7200, 3GB, 80GB 5400RPM, ATI X1300

HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
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Reply 1 of 2, by vetz

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That is awesome. Are you prefering the 4:3 14.1" screen size?

Using a T61p myself as main laptop. Upgraded with an X9000 Intel Extreme CPU, Quadro 570M 256MB, Intel 6300 AGN wireless, 4GB of RAM, 240GB SSD (w/SATA2 patch&middleton BIOS). I have the 15.4" display with 1920x1200 resolution.

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Reply 2 of 2, by oeuvre

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vetz wrote:

That is awesome. Are you prefering the 4:3 14.1" screen size?

Using a T61p myself as main laptop. Upgraded with an X9000 Intel Extreme CPU, Quadro 570M 256MB, Intel 6300 AGN wireless, 4GB of RAM, 240GB SSD (w/SATA2 patch&middleton BIOS). I have the 15.4" display with 1920x1200 resolution.

Yeah I miss 4:3... I've played around with T4x and T6x laptops for a while now, but it has been at least 2 years since. Nice upgrades on your T61! They're really nice machines.

HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7
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