Got my ThinkPad!
Friday, April 7th, 2006Got my ThinkPad today. Promptly removed the Windows sticker and did some general clean-up on it. Overall, I’m quite impressed so far. I’ve been playing with the Ubuntu Live CD on it, and it’s AMAZINGLY responsive. Good work, IBM.
On the aesthetics side, I’m also pretty pleased. Granted, there are maybe to many levers and knobs, and those multi-colored buttons are still kind of weird, but it’s bordering on sexy. What really gets me are the flecks of magnesium on the cover. Very, very nice touch, both visually and functionally. It almost makes me believe that this is what a NeXT laptop might have looked like.
More news to come as I get Ubuntu installed. Stay tuned.