Fortysomething Geek

Here is something you don't see too often. Here, I have Pear OS 7 which is a Ubuntu based Linux distribution running on my Thinkpad. ...

Well, it looks like I may be getting a new laptop so I'll need to retire my trusty less than one year old Sandy Bridge Thinkpad T420. An...

Lenovo K5923 Multi-gesture Wireless Touchpad. I'll preface and tell you right now, I like my Apple Magic Touchpad. In fact, I love...

This is one of the reason why The T-Series Thinkpads rock! You have the ability to host Triple drives! In addition to the standard...

Looks like the Thinkpad X1 Carbon is going the Apple route. Proprietary SSD and soldered RAM. Battery looks like it is a glued piece as w...

This is a simple guide for those Thinkpad T/W owners with expresscard slots hoping to use USB 3.0 in  Ubuntu 12.04. I wanted to add USB 3...

Lenovo sells a 9-cell slice battery for their T and W series laptops. I haven't seen many pictures of it online so I figure I share it h...

  I recently went on a SSD buying spree and ended up with a bunch of 2.5" drives. I even got some 7200 rpm 750GB hybrid SSD drives...

Right about now, manufactures are releasing a bunch of new Ivy Bridge laptop models. With that said, it is a great time to get major discou...

Today, I won an ebay bid for a brand new Lenovo Thinkpad mini dock 3 and it brought back some memories. I am thinking about the convenience ...

I just recently unloaded a trusty X120e on Craigslist. It served me well for over a year and it is now time for a newer Linux machine....