ThinkPad Port Replicator

Advantages: It is fast, nippy and good looking
Disadvantages: It is a computer

...a few ThinkPads brought into the office for a number of uses. We have the in-house skill to do more with them than just hand them out to Partners with a long flight and some notes to finish. A collection of various hardware toys where ordered with the ThinkPads and amongst this lot we picked up a Port Replicator. ThinkPads, like most other laptops these days, do not come with a floppy drive. I use this example to highlight a basic use of a Port Replicator. It was surprised to discover that the ThinkPad struggled to cope with the hardware. It was the typical story; it did not have the right drivers for it. I have been searching through the IBM site (and some others) looking for a download and, oddly, I’ve not managed to find anything yet. One of the problems connected to getting the latest little toy is that the support for it might... Read review

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Advantages: It is fast, nippy and good looking
Disadvantages: It is a computer

...a few ThinkPads brought into the office for a number of uses. We have the in-house skill to do more with them than just hand them out to Partners with a long flight and some notes to finish. A collection of various hardware toys where ordered with the ThinkPads and amongst this lot we picked up a Port Replicator. ThinkPads, like most other laptops these days, do not come with a floppy drive. I use this example to highlight a basic use of a Port Replicator. It was surprised to discover that the ThinkPad struggled to cope with the hardware. It was the typical story; it did not have the right drivers for it. I have been searching through the IBM site (and some others) looking for a download and, oddly, I’ve not managed to find anything yet. One of the problems connected to getting the latest little toy is that the support for it might... Read review

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Advantages: speed, size, weight, features & support
Disadvantages: cost

...documents. I have had no problems with booting up the laptop and I feel the T20 actually gets up to speed very quickly after log-in. The laptop rarely crashes and if it does it is usually as I have had too many applications open. The other good thing I have found is that the laptop has no problems surfing the Internet at any time via network access or Dial-in. I bought the laptop around a year ago and it cost me £2400 as I bought a bigger HDD, Port Replicator, More RAM and also a spare battery. I think this has been the best laptop I have used compared to other named brands I have used. I hope this helps any further questions please let me know......... Read review

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Advantages: The most flexible and powerfull laptop out there
Disadvantages: the price

...: ***************************************************** Accessories ll A/C adapter: 72 watt Worldwide A/C compatibility: Yes Carrying case: Optional Port replicator: Optional Docking station: Optional Architecture ll Bus type/architecture: PCI Slots x bays total (free): Expansion bus type: PC Card PCMCIA support: 2 Type II or 1 Type III UltraBay: Ultrabay Plus Audio l Audio chipset make & model: Sound Blaster Pro 16 compatible sound system Audio data width: 16-bit External speakers: 2 (Internal Speakers) Number of integrated speakers: 2 Speaker power rating: 1.0Watts Communications l Fax/modem: 56K V.92 designed modem Fax/modem speeds: 56Kbps data/14.4Kbps fax Communications features: Infrared port Infrared port speed: 4Mbps Networking l Network card: 10/100 Ethernet - Integrated Network interface: Ethernet ll Network speed: 100Mbps... Read review

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