Not quite as happy today, as the T60 power supply didn't show up. Irksome. (I have no patience to wait for these things. Drives me up the wall to wait on anything, or anybody.)
But, at least the little R40 Thinkpad is working quite well. Just remembered the missing rubber "foot" off the back of the system, which makes it sit a bit lopsided. Luckily, I found a replacement kit online for a fairly decent price, so I snagged it. (I've got it propped up on some folded up junk mail. Weird to actually think junk mail can be made useful...)
Oh, and the R40's Thinklight works! I was giggling like a loony when I hit FN + PgUp, and the light came on. Groovy Cool! (Yeah, it doesn't take much...)
And why, oh why do I find a blue ENTER key to just be the niftiest thing of the moment? (They keyboard on this system, despite the heavy use it's obviously seen, is wonderful. Definitely the standard by which others should be compared.)
Anyway... I had some old 512 MB SODIMMs from a MacBook Pro a friend had given me. Seriously thought about trying on in the R40, but thought better of it. The specs don't match, and I'm not even sure the pin assembly is the same. So I'll wait. The 512 MB that's currently in the system will hold me over till the proper memory arrives. It even plays YouTube videos fairly well.
And I'm impressed with the battery I stuck in this. It's giving me right at 5 hours, +/-, depending on what I'm running at the moment.
This computer would definitely be another one that I'd be happy to take "back to school" if I were a student looking to get by on the cheap. (I did a past entry on stuff like that, holding my old Powerbook G4 up as a good example of such a system.) Of course, that's me. I can only imagine the gasps of horror from some younger family members if they were saddled with this, like, you know, old thing...
My knick-knacks... I love them...
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