| From: Blaise Alleyne via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | (I feel like there's a bit of a difference between a machine from 2000 in 2010 | versus a machine from 2006 in 2016 though... Moore's Law has been applied in a | different way over the last 5-10 years, in that my refurbished X60 might still | be competitive in some ways with some lower-end netbooks sold today, but I the | same wouldn't be true of a laptop from 2000 in 2010.) I have a ThinkPad X61t (tablet) which is quite a machine. I've upgunned it to 4G of RAM and an SSD. I ordered it with the 1400x1050 screen. But I don't use it much any longer. I compare this with my Lenovo Yoga 2 pro or the Asus ZenBook UX305ca. Here's what has improved (earlier ones matter more to me): - no fan or quiet fan - longer battery life - better display - lighter - SSD (but this can be retrofitted) - USB 3 - better touchpads (still not great) - more RAM capacity - faster CPU (low on my list) Things that I find less good: - much harder to service - much harder to upgrade - not as well-made - no middle mouse button and the buttons are not old-fashioned physical buttons. (I think that there may be driver fiddles to achieve a middle soft button.) - no TrackPoint (I am not an addict) - keyboard feel isn't as good (subjective) - sometimes I would prefer the x61t's smaller screen with the squarer aspect ratio I didn't actually use the X661t's stylus and I don't use the newer computers' touch screen. I almost never use the x61t or Yoga folded up in tablet mode. This could be because Linux/GNOME doesn't make these features very useful. I know that you can buy a new ThinkPad without these disadvantages but it would miss out on many of the advantages of newer notebooks. PS: the X60 is of the last generation of thinkpad on which you can install 3rd party open-source ROMs and be kind of sure that your firmware isn't traitorous.