[TriLUG] Advice Please

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Dwain Sims via TriLUG wrote:

> I left it on over night and I am recharging it today.  Still nothing.  Just
> a paper weight.

Sorry to hear it.

I guess you're now amenable to advice on what to replace it with.

o I had Thinkpads for 20 years and liked them a lot. I understand that 
when they went full Lenovo the quality dropped. This may be what's 
happened to you.

o I have a Dell laptop now. It's OK, but I dont need a wide screen (1440 
pixels) on a laptop and I'd rather have the smaller format of the Thinkpad 
(1024*768) and the smaller size of the laptop. As well the large built-in 
Dell mousepad, in the center of the keyboard area, is under my hands when 
I type and I have to manually turn it off (which I can only do after 
bootup) and use an external mouse, which negates the point of having a 
built-in mousepad. The only way you can type with the Dell mousepad on, is 
to hold your hands in the air. The Thinkpads had a small nubbin in the 
middle of the keyboard, for the mouse, which didn't get activated when you 
typed.

Joe
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