Fri May 25 13:41:48 EDT 2007

I bought a T60 for my boss a while back, and have just finished putting in another memory module. Man, I knew this was the lower end of their laptops, but I had no idea it would feel so cheap.

To get at the memory, you take out a few screws on the back, then lift off the palm guard below the keyboard. It's flimsy plastic, and it's hard to get back in the right place - doubly so, since it feels like instead of clicking into place it's going to break. And you need to remove the ribbon that connects the touch pad and fingerprint reader in order to fully remove it; when putting it back in, it looks like it's going to get crimped. That can't be right.

I had been considering getting one of these, despite having fallen in love with my other boss' Dell D420. But this just makes me think that the extra money for the D420 would be worth it. Of course, I haven't had to crack that one open yet…

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Comment from Richard Morse
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:02:45 -0400

It gets worse…

BTW: once I've taken off the front panel to get at the memory, I can never get it to feel quite right again; it always gives a bit more, like I didn't properly seat some tab or something, even when I've checked everything.

Also, that connection for the fingerprint reader? It sometimes falls off after everything is back together.

I miss the IBM styling.

Ricky