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Thursday, May 28
Fedora 11's best five features
MA On laptops and netbooks, I either buy a model with a ThinkPad style Trackpoint or use a mouse. But, the new Synaptics update has me at least considering using a touchpad. The overall effect is to make touchpads more responsive and I mean that in a good ...
Friday, May 22
Ubunti Wi-Fi password problems
MA I'm running a newly installed copy of Ubuntu 9.04 on a ThinkPad T41 laptop and all seems well. When I try to connect to a wireless network, there is the usual prompt, shown below, for the WPA password. I like the fact that the password only has to be ...
Saturday, May 9
Which netbooks will prove good enough for most users?
MA On the left is a ThinkPad X40 with a 12 inch screen, on the right, an Asus Eee PC 1000 with a 10 inch screen (for a better picture of an almost identical model, see the cover of the June 2009 issue of Consumer Reports). The X40 screen is 9.5 inches ...
Friday, May 8
Dealing with a computer that shuts itself down
MA Lenovo goes even further. A help file on my ThinkPad called Tips for Maximizing Your Battery Life says: Recondition your battery by letting your battery run to less than 3% at least once a month. Reconditioning the battery can restore some of your ...
Wednesday, May 6
Fujitsu LifeBook T2020 Tablet PC
MA If you don't mind doing without a touchpad, fine--but Lenovo, for example, gives users both options in its notebooks (including the ThinkPad T400). Several shortcut keys sit on the most accessible side of screen in tablet mode. ...
