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The Flexview ThinkPad T60 is the flagship product of Trustworthy Computing. It has an impressive array of specs, including:
- 4:3 1400x1050 Flexview IPS Display - All our Flexview ThinkPad T60 units come with this beautiful, spacious 4:3 display. It looks great at any viewing angle, a feat only matched by today's smartphones. It provides far more vertical space for website content and code, over today's squished 16:9 widescreen displays.
- 64-bit Core 2 Duo Merom CPU - Most ThinkPad T60s are only equipped with lowly 32-bit Core Duo CPUs. We upgrade all our laptops to Core 2 Duo, so you have more power at your fingertips, and greater longevity thanks to 64-bit compatibility.
- 3M Carbon Vinyl - The lid is covered with a luxurious Carbon Vinyl cover. It's aesthetically pleasing, and offers anti-scratch protection. Never touch rotting rubberized finish, or feast your eyes on ugly scratches ever again.
- Libreboot BIOS - Thanks to the Libreboot BIOS, absolutely no part of the Flexview ThinkPad T60 uses proprietary software. It also has full support for FSF-approved Linux, which can be particularly difficult to install on typical computers.
- FLOSS Wifi Card - We replace the proprietary Intel Wifi card with an Atheros card, allowing it to work with FSF-approved Linux.
The Flexview ThinkPad T60 has very few limitations or compromises, and is equipped with the best CPU of it's day, that holds it's own even to this day.
Producing a Flexview ThinkPad T60 compatible with Libreboot is a massive undertaking. For one, Libreboot has incredibly stringent requirements for T60 laptops, requiring you to produce a FrankenPad:
- It must use a Flexview 1400x1050 IPS display, 14" or 15". These are rare and highly prized, so they are difficult to find.
- All ThinkPad T60 laptops equipped with a Flexview 1400x1050 IPS display use an ATI GPU, which is not compatible with Libreboot. You must replace the motherboard with an Intel GPU board, which is a difficult process.
- None of the 1024x768 XGA and Widescreen T60 screens are compatible with Libreboot. Sorry.
Needless to say, we do the hard work of producing a FrankenPad for you. If you really want to DIY, we provide a complete guide here. But it's not for the faint of heart: you will have to disassemble the entire laptop in order to replace the motherboard. Also, building your own Libreboot T60 is only practical for those who already own a ThinkPad T60: it will be difficult and expensive for the uninitiated to scrape together the parts from eBay (but we will give you the parts list).
The ThinkPad X60 and X60 Tablet is a low-cost, entry-level, but durable Libreboot device. It's great for those who just want to their feet wet, or want to plug in a VGA monitor and USB keyboard. Sure, it's not the best or most powerful computer around. But it's a computer you can trust.
- (Tablet Edition) Wacom Pressure Sensitive Pen - Artists and avid note takers will love the pressure-sensitive Wacom pen of the X60 Tablet. Combined with Xournal, Krita, or GIMP, it perfectly simulates all the idiosyncracies of a real pencil, pen, or paintbrush.
- 3M Carbon Vinyl - The lid is covered with a luxurious Carbon Vinyl cover. It's aesthetically pleasing, and offers anti-scratch protection. Never touch rotting rubberized finish, or feast your eyes on ugly scratches ever again.
- Libreboot BIOS - Thanks to the Libreboot BIOS, absolutely no part of the Flexview ThinkPad T60 uses proprietary software. It also has full support for FSF-approved Linux, which can be particularly difficult to install on typical computers.
- FLOSS Wifi Card - We replace the proprietary Intel Wifi card with an Atheros card, allowing it to work with FSF-approved Linux.
The ThinkPad X60 Series has a few
- 1024x768 XGA TN LCD - It's not the greatest, most spacious, or brightest screen around. But it suffices.
- 32-bit Core Duo CPU - The CPU is soldered on, so we couldn't replace it with a 64-bit Core 2 Duo. But it's decent for typical tasks, and most Linux distros will support i386 for quite a while.
- Trackpoint-only/No Touchpad - Diehard ThinkPad fans will rejoice at the absence of a touchpad mouse. But conventional users might not be fans of the strain-gauge Trackpoint: it does take some getting used to.
