@@joeyscleaninglady2877 perfect machine I can say! I use it very often. love the formfactor, keyboard-quality, trackpoint-buttons, robustness. screen, graphics, processor, everything! :) very usable still as main laptop especially with a few mods.
I work at an used laptop store couple of days a week and a customer gave me an x61t with touchscreen, three batteries, external battery charger, docking station and two power supplies, all in wonderful perfect condition. He wanted to give it to somebody who will use it. That's what I intend to to. Absolutely lovely machine, way ahead of its time.
My teacher has one of these. He loves it. I tried to steal (copy) PDFs and PPTs to learn bc I was behind. By a lot, and none of my classmates can give me sufficiently good notes. So I tried to steal it. It did not work out. My iPhone 6s was unable to act like a pendrive and I've gotten myself into trouble bc of that. I got so fed up with iOS I didn't even bother to replace the screen for 10$ from aliexpress. I went back using my beloved Xperia Z2. Don't throw away your stuff until it deserves to die. Like that f*cking iPhone. Happy new year, LR.
I have refurbished a very cheap X60 Tablet from ebay over some months. The remaining parts to fix are minor (base plastic and bezel) and I might drop it first to do that. It's all about drawing with a pen in Windows 7 and Zorin Linux for my own use. It works great with an SSD and 2 Gb RAM. Windows 10 made the pen operation lag and skip. It was quite a challenge to make some USB media in 32 bit to clone the disk over to the SSD. The great thing is to look at it in front of oneself. The cute size is hard to get from videos.
Very true. Glad to hear your machine continues to get some solid use. Shame about Windows 7 support going away this month. Seemed like yesterday it came out.
@@robinhoo2024 Yeah the Wacom pen works, or at least it did back in the day, I don't have laptop anymore. It worked across various distros, from Ubuntu to Arch and even Gentoo. I believe the driver was open source. It required some xorg configuration, but it's highly likely to be much easier nowadays.
@@LaptopRetrospective At 10:12 the thin ribbon from just below the yellow coin battery running to the tiny board in the bottom-right of the case is the Bluetooth daughtercard. I can tell, since mine doesn't have one. :) Hopefully a replacement miniPCIe card can solve that.
I picked one up for the firewire port to do DV video transfer. On paper there where better options but whats not to love about a tilty flippy screen! Installed a new battery, larger ram and an SSD. I noticed that the SSD was quick but i had a similar vintage pc that booted quicker from SSD. Dug into it a bit and found that the hardware will support SATA-II drive speed but that function is not enabled in bios. Found modified bios and flashed the laptop, now the installed SSD boots noticeably quicker. Currently use the laptop to connect to bits and pieces of vintage hardware, use the pcmcia card port to add a parallel port.
I am watching this video on IBM X61 T, i have 3gb of ram and all is running good. Takes few moments to open video but it is great for such old machine. I like form factor very much.🙂
I bought one of these off eBay, can’t remember the exact model number though, might be X61S but I can’t remember. All I know is is that it has a 1024x768 screen, Windows 10, 3 GB RAM and a Core 2 Duo processor. Looking forward to using it. I’m currently using an iPad but might actually prefer using this, especially if it has a touchscreen.
Happy new year! The 4:3 ratio screen on this laptop is great for working. However, as I used to own the X60, which has quite similar internal design, I'd say these aren't the best laptops for 2020, they run very hot even just browsing the internet, and that's not just the CPU, the wifi card under palmrest is toasty too, making it quite uncomfortable to use after several hours. The screen is, as you said, too dim to even use in bright rooms. Though if the screen of this tablet laptop has wide viewing angle, I can still consider it, does it have IPS screen?
The direct bonding version might but the other panels were the same as the X60t. Not amazing even by ThinkPad TN standards. Happy New Year to you Dat Dang.
Great video! I am typing this from my x61t running windows 10 with 4gb of ram and a 60gb ssd. I nabbed it for rather cheap a few years ago on ebay and it was practically brand new.. still has the sticker on the lid and has pretty much zero wear on it. It serves as my ebay shipping computer and lives 90% of its life hooked up to my label printer ready for when I need it. Occasionally I will use it for basic computing/ 4:3 content consumption just for fun.. I did not know about the bios mod, I will be looking into that for sure so that I can get the most out of my ssd :) Thanks
I am typing this on the X201 which is essentially the unit that replaced it. It is a refresh of the x200. Anyway. I love these little tablet laptops. I actually much prefer it to the newer yoga style. I use this computer for everything from photo editing to coding and hacking.
Seriously love old Thinkpads! Laptops just aren't made like they used to be... Can't say i'd like all laptops to revert back to 4:3 but it definitely has its uses, especially for older games that don't have widescreen modes
@@LaptopRetrospective Can't wait to see which laptop that is! Your reviews are the best, the professionalism and quality of your videos are really impressive, hopefully you see a boom of new subscribers in the new year!
I've been thinking of building a machine that's basically just a newsboat RSS reader that continually updates a couple of news streams that I like to read. I think this could be great for something like this, alternatively, some sort of gui reader would probably be better for the touch support
the biggest issue/ challenge with this laptop is to make it work today. win 7 has all the drivers and runs ok but older versions of programs are required (eg. adobereader from 2011). i would like to hear people trying linux with this - latest versions of ubuntu, mint are "heavy" - antix only worked ok so far
In my experience, devices like this that have special hardware buttons need significant tweaks and customization to get working properly. The one thing that Windows 8 and on did that was good was standardize how these items function so it is easier to get other operating systems to play nice.
In Oct 2024, I'm using my X61T non-touch, with SSD, 4gb RAM, Middleton BIOS mod, and Linux Mint 21.3. I've got all the tablet buttons working, including rotation, and with Xournal++ application, it's very competent for making handwritten notes. It's totally usable for browsing, TH-cam, word processing, script writing and other productivity activity. Can also use as an e-reader, though it's a little heavy and warm for this. With Thinkfan configured, I've generally got it running between about 48c and 64c for the above routine usage. I'd like to upgrade to 8gb RAM but 4gb sticks are very expensive in the UK. Great fur watching old TV cop shows too, Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues, etc.
Yeah they're easier to upgrade, but like anything there are tradeoffs. Back in the day I wonder how many people actually upgraded that were buying them for businesses? I think more ThinkPads get upgraded second hand than they ever did new.
I dont remember ever seeing a ThinkPad X series tablet until this video! I can remember the normal X61 as we gave that to the company Directors as a bit of a status symbol as they were very powerfull and very small and us normal people just got the R or (if lucky) the lighter T series.
Thank you. Now I got it in the mail today, and there was a fan error before, so I lubricated it and that problem went away. Now, there's another error with two short beeps and a long one, with the message "thermal sensing error." It won't boot, and I don't know how to fix it. Could it be something wrong with the fan, or is it the motherboard?
I don’t understand why they stopped making 4:3 laptops. I mean you can buy 4:3 tablets and can still buy 4:3 monitors online, so why not 4:3 laptops? Not everyone just uses a laptop for watching movies.
@@LaptopRetrospective Really surprised by that considering the iPad has a 4:3 screen and is extremely popular. They really need to make a 4:3 laptop with modern specs (actually they have, there are some rugged laptops - Panasonic toughbook and Getac G300 with i5/i7 processors and 8/16GB ram and 1024x768 displays.)
@@LaptopRetrospective Not really. I have a laptop that uses that resolution and I can use most applications just fine. And 1024x768 is not the only 4:3 resolution out there, there’s also 1152x800, 1280x960, 1400x1050, 1600x1200, 1920x1440 and 2052x1536. No excuses not to make 4:3 displays anymore.
Hello, I have the opportunity to buy a Thinkpad T60 for £10, the screen wobbles when the computer moves, how can I fix this? Also it's missing two track pad click buttons. Do you think I should buy it? If yes, what links version for os would you recommend for this thinkpad model? Thank you for your time.
Mostly using it as a word processor, libra office. I also might be able to get a T400 for £20, but the T400 is untested. What do you think is wrong with the T60 screen it wobbles when you move the computer, I assume I would just need to look at the hinges. Thank you.
Could be screws, could be worn out hinges. Hard to know without feeling it. But for 10 pounds you get what you pay for, could be a bargain, could need parts.
I will give it some thought, I have a few days to think it over. Thank you as always for your responses. video suggestion, can you make a video comparing the different versions of the link operating system, and recommend which individual link version is best for different tasks?
I saw a used one for a good price online. I want to take notes on it for school. Is the touchscreen precise enough? The battery only has to last 90 Minutes. Between periods I can put it on charge
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4:3 spreadsheet heaven.
Should have included that. 🤣
This machine is absolutely beautiful. Love the 4:3 screen.
It is robust. I kind of want to see an X61s now though.
@@LaptopRetrospective have you checked out the T61p with the 4:3? Still have one with the 128mb FX570m
Not yet, hope to one day.
@@joeyscleaninglady2877 perfect machine I can say! I use it very often. love the formfactor, keyboard-quality, trackpoint-buttons, robustness. screen, graphics, processor, everything! :) very usable still as main laptop especially with a few mods.
@@joeyscleaninglady2877 If only those Nvidia GPUs weren't so prone to failure...
I work at an used laptop store couple of days a week and a customer gave me an x61t with touchscreen, three batteries, external battery charger, docking station and two power supplies, all in wonderful perfect condition. He wanted to give it to somebody who will use it.
That's what I intend to to. Absolutely lovely machine, way ahead of its time.
Fantastic! I hope you get a lot of use out of it. I know I would.
Merry New year, thinklovers.
Same to you!
Thanks a lot.
My teacher has one of these. He loves it.
I tried to steal (copy) PDFs and PPTs to learn bc I was behind. By a lot, and none of my classmates can give me sufficiently good notes. So I tried to steal it. It did not work out. My iPhone 6s was unable to act like a pendrive and I've gotten myself into trouble bc of that. I got so fed up with iOS I didn't even bother to replace the screen for 10$ from aliexpress. I went back using my beloved Xperia Z2.
Don't throw away your stuff until it deserves to die. Like that f*cking iPhone.
Happy new year, LR.
Well don't steal things! Try to have a crime-free New Year. 🤣
TrackPoint only machines are the best machines
They are pretty awesome.
Yes, its the bestttt!!!
Trackpoint is amazing.
Waiting for a X61 reserve review.... or perhaps you can make your own x61 reserve!
Haha, now those are a bit tricky to come by, especially with the cover intact.
I have refurbished a very cheap X60 Tablet from ebay over some months. The remaining parts to fix are minor (base plastic and bezel) and I might drop it first to do that. It's all about drawing with a pen in Windows 7 and Zorin Linux for my own use. It works great with an SSD and 2 Gb RAM. Windows 10 made the pen operation lag and skip.
It was quite a challenge to make some USB media in 32 bit to clone the disk over to the SSD.
The great thing is to look at it in front of oneself. The cute size is hard to get from videos.
Very true. Glad to hear your machine continues to get some solid use. Shame about Windows 7 support going away this month. Seemed like yesterday it came out.
Been watching your videos lately and it is quality content. Subbed.
Thanks for the kind words and your support!
I had this for many years. It was such an awesome little machine, and my first ThinkPad! And great Linux compatibility!
That's awesome, glad it served you well.
May I know which Linux distribution you’re using? Does Wacom pen work? I got one as well and try to reinstall it. Thanks
@@robinhoo2024 Yeah the Wacom pen works, or at least it did back in the day, I don't have laptop anymore. It worked across various distros, from Ubuntu to Arch and even Gentoo. I believe the driver was open source. It required some xorg configuration, but it's highly likely to be much easier nowadays.
@10:00 That's actually the 56K modem, not bluetooth! Yes it's that old!
Thanks for the correction!
@@LaptopRetrospective At 10:12 the thin ribbon from just below the yellow coin battery running to the tiny board in the bottom-right of the case is the Bluetooth daughtercard. I can tell, since mine doesn't have one. :) Hopefully a replacement miniPCIe card can solve that.
I picked one up for the firewire port to do DV video transfer.
On paper there where better options but whats not to love about a tilty flippy screen!
Installed a new battery, larger ram and an SSD.
I noticed that the SSD was quick but i had a similar vintage pc that booted quicker from SSD.
Dug into it a bit and found that the hardware will support SATA-II drive speed but that function is not enabled in bios.
Found modified bios and flashed the laptop, now the installed SSD boots noticeably quicker.
Currently use the laptop to connect to bits and pieces of vintage hardware, use the pcmcia card port to add a parallel port.
Awesome. Glad you got it up to speed. Having a vintage laptop or two when working with older hardware is incredibly helpful.
I am watching this video on IBM X61 T, i have 3gb of ram and all is running good. Takes few moments to open video but it is great for such old machine. I like form factor very much.🙂
If you haven't seen the X41T video where this form factor all begin where I interview the product manager behind it, search my channel for it.
I bought one of these off eBay, can’t remember the exact model number though, might be X61S but I can’t remember. All I know is is that it has a 1024x768 screen, Windows 10, 3 GB RAM and a Core 2 Duo processor. Looking forward to using it. I’m currently using an iPad but might actually prefer using this, especially if it has a touchscreen.
Interesting! Let me know what you think.
Happy new year!
The 4:3 ratio screen on this laptop is great for working. However, as I used to own the X60, which has quite similar internal design, I'd say these aren't the best laptops for 2020, they run very hot even just browsing the internet, and that's not just the CPU, the wifi card under palmrest is toasty too, making it quite uncomfortable to use after several hours. The screen is, as you said, too dim to even use in bright rooms. Though if the screen of this tablet laptop has wide viewing angle, I can still consider it, does it have IPS screen?
The direct bonding version might but the other panels were the same as the X60t. Not amazing even by ThinkPad TN standards. Happy New Year to you Dat Dang.
Great video! I am typing this from my x61t running windows 10 with 4gb of ram and a 60gb ssd. I nabbed it for rather cheap a few years ago on ebay and it was practically brand new.. still has the sticker on the lid and has pretty much zero wear on it. It serves as my ebay shipping computer and lives 90% of its life hooked up to my label printer ready for when I need it. Occasionally I will use it for basic computing/ 4:3 content consumption just for fun.. I did not know about the bios mod, I will be looking into that for sure so that I can get the most out of my ssd :) Thanks
You're welcome, glad you enjoyed the video and that your unit still gets use.
I am typing this on the X201 which is essentially the unit that replaced it. It is a refresh of the x200. Anyway. I love these little tablet laptops. I actually much prefer it to the newer yoga style. I use this computer for everything from photo editing to coding and hacking.
That's awesome. The x201t is a nice unit to be sure. Glad to hear yours is getting good use.
forgot about this channel, imma sub it might come in handy someday
Thanks! Glad to be remembered.
I'm happy to found your channel
Thanks! I'm happy you found it too.
Wow. I have an X60T. Very good machine on my desk.
Nice!
Seriously love old Thinkpads! Laptops just aren't made like they used to be... Can't say i'd like all laptops to revert back to 4:3 but it definitely has its uses, especially for older games that don't have widescreen modes
Older games and even some productivity tasks. I've got a real gem I need to get around to filming. 😉
@@LaptopRetrospective Can't wait to see which laptop that is! Your reviews are the best, the professionalism and quality of your videos are really impressive, hopefully you see a boom of new subscribers in the new year!
@@DarkVeilGaming Thanks for the kind words. I'm trying to meet a need and have fun so I'm glad to hear it's working out for you! It is of IBM make.
I wish they would go back to 16:10 though, that little bit of extra hight really makes a difference especially in a tablet.
They have on several models actually.
I've been thinking of building a machine that's basically just a newsboat RSS reader that continually updates a couple of news streams that I like to read. I think this could be great for something like this, alternatively, some sort of gui reader would probably be better for the touch support
Interesting idea!
Watching this from an X230T. Feels weird, it's like the parent of this thing I'm using.
Pretty much. 😁
watching this on my x61t, still good on win 10 in 2024...🙂
Cool. What do you use it for?
@@LaptopRetrospective youtube, netflix, retrogaming. Works fine. still. Feels faster than T60.
Old thinkpads are really comfy.
They really are. Lovely keyboards in these older models. I love my x220 keyboard but these ones that came before feel a cut above.
10:46 I love this sound))
😁
I have this and I love it.
Yep, they are pretty cool.
"trackpoint gaming"
uses arrow keys
Arrow keys for moving anyway. TrackPoint acts as mouselook.
Wondering where you got the battery from? Since they’re all expensive would prefer to get an aftermarket newer one instead of a nos battery.
Pretty sure it came from BattDepot.
the biggest issue/ challenge with this laptop is to make it work today. win 7 has all the drivers and runs ok but older versions of programs are required (eg. adobereader from 2011).
i would like to hear people trying linux with this - latest versions of ubuntu, mint are "heavy" - antix only worked ok so far
In my experience, devices like this that have special hardware buttons need significant tweaks and customization to get working properly. The one thing that Windows 8 and on did that was good was standardize how these items function so it is easier to get other operating systems to play nice.
In Oct 2024, I'm using my X61T non-touch, with SSD, 4gb RAM, Middleton BIOS mod, and Linux Mint 21.3. I've got all the tablet buttons working, including rotation, and with Xournal++ application, it's very competent for making handwritten notes. It's totally usable for browsing, TH-cam, word processing, script writing and other productivity activity. Can also use as an e-reader, though it's a little heavy and warm for this. With Thinkfan configured, I've generally got it running between about 48c and 64c for the above routine usage. I'd like to upgrade to 8gb RAM but 4gb sticks are very expensive in the UK. Great fur watching old TV cop shows too, Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues, etc.
@jonh5032 Glad to hear you found a system that works well.
Thinkpen-
just Thinkpen-
4:3 screen is good for MobilSheets music display software
Yes I suspect it would be.
@@LaptopRetrospective Not an Apple fan. It's this or a Surface 4.
Old thinkpad is very easy to upgrade. Unlike the modern thinkpad since T440. And they is very solid.
At least its better than Yoga!
Yeah they're easier to upgrade, but like anything there are tradeoffs. Back in the day I wonder how many people actually upgraded that were buying them for businesses? I think more ThinkPads get upgraded second hand than they ever did new.
are there replacement IPS Touchscreens? Resolution doesn't matter for me in this size
Great machine, the hardware is old enough to unfortunately not be very practical for most modern uses. Side note, I LOVE ION Fury.
Yeah this is true, it is a bit dated.
Is there a Xi tablet user manual? All the ones I downloaded were maintenance manuals.
I'm sure they are around, are you looking for something specific?
I dont remember ever seeing a ThinkPad X series tablet until this video! I can remember the normal X61 as we gave that to the company Directors as a bit of a status symbol as they were very powerfull and very small and us normal people just got the R or (if lucky) the lighter T series.
Yeah they aren't super common.
Batteries for these seem so hard to find. Does anyone have ideas? Can they take the same ones as the regular X61?
As time moves forward, getting originals recelled is probably going to be the only option unless somebody reverse engineers it.
Thank you. Now I got it in the mail today, and there was a fan error before, so I lubricated it and that problem went away. Now, there's another error with two short beeps and a long one, with the message "thermal sensing error." It won't boot, and I don't know how to fix it. Could it be something wrong with the fan, or is it the motherboard?
@mistrotech8894 any clues in the troubleshooting section of the hmm?
I don’t understand why they stopped making 4:3 laptops. I mean you can buy 4:3 tablets and can still buy 4:3 monitors online, so why not 4:3 laptops? Not everyone just uses a laptop for watching movies.
Manufacturers stopped making 4:3 displays due to lack of consumer demand.
@@LaptopRetrospective Really surprised by that considering the iPad has a 4:3 screen and is extremely popular.
They really need to make a 4:3 laptop with modern specs (actually they have, there are some rugged laptops - Panasonic toughbook and Getac G300 with i5/i7 processors and 8/16GB ram and 1024x768 displays.)
1024x768 for a modern display is quite a compromise. Apple of course has locked down its supply chains.
@@LaptopRetrospective Not really. I have a laptop that uses that resolution and I can use most applications just fine. And 1024x768 is not the only 4:3 resolution out there, there’s also 1152x800, 1280x960, 1400x1050, 1600x1200, 1920x1440 and 2052x1536. No excuses not to make 4:3 displays anymore.
I agree there isn't a reason to not make them but people have it in their mind it's a dead aspect ratio.
hello, i have thinkpad x61 tablet, what is the button looking like 2 storied house, right to screen tilt button. 3@ or so in your video clip.
It is either the rotation lock or force rotation button if I remember right.
@@LaptopRetrospective After making Xi tablet look like tablet, I used the button. Then screen was locked. You are right.
Nice.
Anyone noticed the sim card slot just under the ram?
Good eye, yes some had WWAN capabilities.
i got the same thinkpad in perfect condition for 1.86$, also gma x3100 is 4x faster when you use windows xp drivers
Nice buy. 👍
Hello, I have the opportunity to buy a Thinkpad T60 for £10, the screen wobbles when the computer moves, how can I fix this? Also it's missing two track pad click buttons. Do you think I should buy it? If yes, what links version for os would you recommend for this thinkpad model?
Thank you for your time.
What do you hope to do with it?
Mostly using it as a word processor, libra office. I also might be able to get a T400 for £20, but the T400 is untested. What do you think is wrong with the T60 screen it wobbles when you move the computer, I assume I would just need to look at the hinges.
Thank you.
Could be screws, could be worn out hinges. Hard to know without feeling it. But for 10 pounds you get what you pay for, could be a bargain, could need parts.
I will give it some thought, I have a few days to think it over. Thank you as always for your responses. video suggestion, can you make a video comparing the different versions of the link operating system, and recommend which individual link version is best for different tasks?
Did you mean to say Linux?
I saw a used one for a good price online. I want to take notes on it for school. Is the touchscreen precise enough? The battery only has to last 90 Minutes. Between periods I can put it on charge
Define precise enough? It was designed for note taking.
@@LaptopRetrospective I can't really, I guess I didn't think about. With that age I wasn't sure. I just don't want an iPad.
Gotcha. It is pretty good for the tech built into it.
Can X-61T work well with x86 android?
Can't say I've ever tried it myself.
@@LaptopRetrospective Okay, I will try sometime later. And leave a message here.
Thanks, best of luck.
Does this laptop have an Ethernet port?
I believe you see it in the video. It should be there.
I think that I have one of these..
They are pretty cool!
IBM dream machine.
Not Lenovo
Not Chinese slim laptops
But IBM didn't make it ;-)
@@LaptopRetrospective sorry. I did confirm my facts. I was wrong.
No worries! Still doesn't take away from it being nice.