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My used IBM Thinkpad finally gave up (graphics processor died).  Got a
Lenovo Thinkpad T540p, it works well, except the pad.  It accepts clicks
and pointer positioning, but I prefer a USB mouse.  At first the pad was
bad enough I almost sent the new T540p back, but playing with the
sensitivities to make it more useful.  Current version of Mint works well,
but I still prefer the external mouse.  I mainly use a my laptop in a
docking station.  It makes hooking up my mouse, phone dock, external
blue-ray writer, external hard drive, etc easier.

I do dual boot with the pre-installed Win7 on occasion.  It works OK, but I
still prefer Linux.

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The ThinkPad line has a good track record with Linux. Lenovo's other kit,
> > not so much
>
>
> ?I forget there's non-ThinkPad Lenovo. I've been using ThinkPads since they
> were IBM?
>
>
>
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