Ko je najmanj treba - se pojavijo težave. Podobno je tudi sedaj. Kot sem že (pre)večkrat povedal, pač pišem diplomo. Zadnje tedne ne preveč pridno, le po nekaj vrstic dnevno mi uspe spraviti skupaj. Nekatere bolj tehnične reči me še jezijo in mučijo, ker jim (še) ne najdem odgovora, predvsem pa je zadnje dni na novem sistemu problem z Excelom. Nepogrešljivi paket v katerem delam prenekatere analize in izračune, mi namreč pošteno nagaja. Sprva mi uspe nekajkrat reč pognati in uporabljati normalno, kmalu zatem pa se pojavi nadvse neprijetno sporočilo v Visti - "This program has to shut down". In podobna sporočila, ki mi že pijejo kri. Najhujše pa je dejstvo, da težave ne znam odpraviti. Nešteto minut ali bolje rečeno ur - presedim za računalnikom, a mi te zlovešče napake še kar hodijo v zelje. Upam, da jih v kratkem popravim. Sicer mi ne preostane drugega, kot da na nov disk, ki je še nekje daleč na poti iz Singapurja, celotni sistem naložim znova... Rajši ne pomislim...
Že dalj časa me zanima kdo pravzaprav zahaja na to spletno stran, torej moj blog, zakaj in če vse sploh poznam. No, vseh prav gotovo ne, ker obisk niti ni zanemarljiv. Morda se nekega dne opogumim in sestavim nekaj vprašanj ter jih strnem v anketi.
Zaradi pomanjkanja časa naj prav na hitro povem, da se še vedno trudim namestiti nek vtičnik/plug-in, ki omogoča samo komentiranje samo "preverjenim" e-mailom. Objavljajo se namreč samo komentarji, ki imajo naveden pravilni in delujoč email in pravo identiteto. Ostali komentarji so avtomatsko zavrženi.
I've now finally found some time to blog a bit. As title suggests, I will be about comparing the two ThinkPads. I've been using the Tablet for a few days now, whereas X60s has been used for a year and about 8-10 hours daily. Comparison that follows is of course only a part of my opinion and an impression of the two computers.
Before I begin, here are the specs for both computers:
X61 Tablet, Vista Business 32, 80 GB 5400, 2 GB ram, Intel AGN, SXGA+ 1400x1050 px, 8C + 4C battery X60s, Win XP Pro, 80 GB 5400, 1.5 GB ram, Intel ABG, XGA 1024x768 px, 4C + 8C battery
SIZE AND WEIGHT Both computers are »ultraportable« design, although X60s clearly wins the »ultra« prefix, being both lighter and smaller than the X61T. When both laptops are placed next to each other, size difference is well visible. Before I bought the X61T I was very concerned with the bigger size and weight, but as soon as I started using the Tablet, my fears were gone. At least in the bigger-size regard. Weight is a different matter though. I was mainly using the X60s with a 4 cell slimline battery, only using the heftier 8C when on travels or away from plug-in power. The Tablet came with an 8C battery and I ordered an extra 4C battery. Although the difference in weight with the 4C battery is rather small, when the X61T is fitted with an 8C battery, it's huge. At least if I hold the X60s with a 4C battery in the other hand. So to summarize, if you're thinking of moving to the Tablet version and have previously been using the super-light X60s, you will notice the difference mainly in weight, but less in size. However, both being fitted with a 4C battery, you're going for a very light and compact (ultra)portable. Personally, I was rather pleased differences not being to immense.
TABLET FUNCTIONALITY I had an opinion tablet/touch functions were just another best-seller gimmick or a useful tool for rare industries or professionals only. However, my opinion has changed a bit, once I've discovered the many possibilities of what a digitizer pen can do/perform. Although I still think that I will only be using the tablet functions for about 10% of the time, it can't hurt to have them. For what I know the Tablet will be useful for and that I will be using it for is – Photoshop retouching, taking notes on meetings, drawing engineering schemes and of course for travel – airplane seats being so cramped etc. I might also find other uses for it over time.
Screen The screen on X61T can't really be compared to the one on X60s. Tablet is brighter, color reproduction is much better, viewing angle is absolutely great and of course – this is why I bought the tablet in the first place – the resolution is higher! Screen of the tablet is thicker and way heavier, I guess that's mostly because due to special coatings/materials for touch/pen input.
Keyboard Keyboard on ThinkPads is legendary and both – X61T and X60s keyboards are of same good quality, touch/feel and all that comes with it. I have no other comment on this rather than it's really nice in comparison with Vaio, HP and some others I've tested.
Battery Battery life on X61T is worse than X60s. I guess that there are several reasons for that, but one that I've noticed and is prominent is definitely Vista. The x61T is a new computer and as such, it is indexing many files and folders. Disk is spinning a lot and I suppose this is why battery life is shorter. I am now for instance using X61T, just word 2007 from where I'll publish to WP blog later when I get connected. WLAN is disconnected as well as other wireless devices. When fully charged, the 8C battery with 5 cycles only shows about 6 hours of battery life. The X60s with WinXP, 40 cycles on the 8C battery, with only word running and all the rest turned off, including WLAN, showed 9 hours 30 minutes. Brightness setting on both, the X60s and X61T, is/was set to medium.
It's hard to compare the battery life on X60s and X61T, mainly because OS are different, not all applications installed are the same and also X61T being so "fresh", Vista probably hasn't settled down completely.
Final conclusions I could probably go on with this comparison for a long time. However, I think I need more time to thoroughly test the Tablet, the HDD to stop indexing etc. As for now I am very happy with the purchase and my main concern – size/weight vs. better screen issues – are finally over. I do like the SXGA+ real estate, sharpness and color reproduction far more than about 300 grams weight difference.
- Naj se opravičim tistim rednim bralcem, da bo naslednje pisanje v angleščini. Ker pa bo dotična objava pisana povečini za angleško govoreče, je pač logično uporabljena angleščina.
First thoughts on X61 Tablet This ThinkPad definitely has the best screen that I've ever owned! This is what I bought it for in the first place, moving from X60s to X61 Tablet. SXGA+ is very crisp, sharp and has beautiful color reproduction, at leaset in comparison with X60s. My fears of the X61T being much bigger and bulkier than X60s are gone too.
X61T is bigger, of course, but not to an extent that would bother me in any way. It is, as many have noted, quite heavy in the back and akwardly distributes the weight.
In short, before I write a comprehensive comparsion of X61 T and X60s, here are the facts:
- Screen: Awesome! Contrast ratio, brightness and colour reproduction are great.
- Keyboard: Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad keyboards are legendary and there's no need to say anything more than it's great
- Battery : As it's known, Vista indexes a lot in the beginning when it's fresh etc., so battery drains really fast, it only lasts about 1:35 on 4C battery at the moment.
- Performance: as I don't really do anything too "heavy" except light video editing I can't say. I can only compare to X60s, which was running Win XP pro... Once the system is booted and comes to a complete idle state it's really fast. MS Office and other programs from Adobe Suite boot up nice and fast. However, booting in Vista is still near 2 minutes, but I am hoping this to improve over time.
- Tablet Functions: I thought this would be just another gimmick. I bought the Tablet version just because of the SXGA+, but have already started to like the Tablet functionality... However, I know I will only be using that for about 5-10%. But it certainly can't bother to have that option, especially because I'll be using Photoshop more and more.
I guess that's about all I can write at the moment, as I've only been testing the laptop for 8 consecutive hours. Extensive review will follow in a couple of days.
Tako sem živčen, da ne bom kaj dosti napisal... Pa še delo imam. Sem pa končno dočakal novo prenosno mašinco - računalnik. Več o tem kasneje...
Nekaj minut nazaj sem malo delal red v svoji alpinistični omari. Čeprav jo zadnje čase nekoliko manj uporabljam je nered v njej prav takšnen kot pred časom, ko sem bolj redno segal po vrveh in ostali alpinistični kovačiji. Ko sem na novo in »lepo« zvijal vrvi in malce posortiral mnoge vponke, prusike, gurtne in ostalo šaro, se mi je v misli znova prikradla stara in zame večna dilema. In sicer katero vrv vzeti na turo. Ok, za plezališče in športno plezanje je stvar zelo preprosta, pri alpinističnih podvigih pa se nekoliko zakomplicira. Z izjemo smeri za katere se ve, da je potreben spust po dvojni 60 m vrvi, se namreč vedno težko odločim ali plezati z dvojno vrvjo (double rope) ali z enojno. Dvojna daje »varnost« ob morebitni potrebi za povratek, vendar je težja, na kakšnih nerodnih varovališčih se rada malce zavozlja in tako onemogoče res hitro napredovanje.
Všeč mi je princip ene ultra tanke in lahke enojne vrve in druge vrvi iz 5-6 mm kevlarja, ki počiva v nahrbtniku vse do spustov po vrvi ali morebitnega umika. To slednjo možnost sem imel priliko preizkusiti daljnjega leta 2003, ko sem nad Chamonixom plezal v ledni smeri. Z žal pokojnim Manfredom sva vzela 9,2 mm tanko enojno plezalno vrv, v nahbrtnik pa stlačila slab kilogram težek svitek 55 metrske kevlarce. Plezala sva hitro, nobenih feclarij na štantih in sploh zelo udobno. Ko se je zaradi slabih razmer (na ključnem mestu, 10 m visoki gladki plošči in više v raztežaju ni bilo ledu), sva morala obrniti…
Sledil je spust po kombinaciji zelo tanke vrve, ki je že bolj podobna prusiku in pa tanki enojni vrvi. Poleg tega, da sva morala biti zares previdna pri združevanju obeh, se je bilo tudi samega spusta potrebno privaditi. Ena vrv je namreč veselo polzela skozi Reverso, medtem ko je druga, debelejša od obeh praktično mirovala.
Danes, ko sem pomislil, da bo kmalu spet zima in se že veselim kakšnih lepih zimskih smeri, znova razmišljam o tem, kakšna kombinacija bo najboljša… Možnosti je mnogo, vsaka ima svoje prednosti in slabosti… Bomo videli, kaj bo čas prinesel.
Ali je to res lahko tako preprosto uporabljati ?! Malo neverjetno se mi zdi, da bi delalo, ampak vseeno preizkusim. Namreč to pošilja zapise v Blog direktno iz OneNote 2007. EDIT: Neverjetno... Zadeva dela ko šus! Program OneNote 2007 me je navdušil še preden sem ga zares dobro preizkusil..
Pravzaprav ni neposredno koristno za karkoli, pač pa zato, ker ko je vreme slabo - kot npr. danes - takrat se laže posvetim tistim manj prijetnim rečem. Včasih npr. študiju, urejanju kakšnih zapuščenih kotičkov sobe ali kaj podobnega. No danes je bil dan naravnan povsem akademsko in tako sem skupaj spravil kar nekaj novih, ta "bolj zoprnih" strani diplome. So pa danes prav gotovo veseli gobarji. Tisti najbolj zagrizeni počakajo na prve kaplje, ko voda pronica v podlago in se iz zemlje začno poganjati takšne in drugačne celuloze polne rastline brez listnega zelenila, navadno s klobukom in betom.
Sam nikakor ne ločim med različnimi vrstami gob na pogled. Prav brez težav bi mi kak zlikavec podtaknil "drugačno-od-rdeče" mušnico in že bi hvalil kako je dobra. Znana pa mi je teorija. Na vikendu od babice in dedka, že pred mnogimi leti, sem namreč bral nekatere dedkove knjige. Poznam torej kakšne oblike gob obstajajo, kar mi seveda v praksi prav nič ne pomaga. Npr. tipične oblike so: betičaste gobe, ki imajo kijasto ali grmičasto obliko nadzemnega dela, Clavariaceae; potem so cevaste gobe, ki imajo na spodnji strani klobuka plast s cevkami, kjer nastajajo trosi; pravimo jim cevarke. Obstajajo pa še lističaste gobe, ki imajo na spodnji strani klobuka lističe, na katerih nastajajo prav taisti preklemanski trosi.
Zakaj preklemanski? Zato, ker te trosi šibajo z vetrom povsod naokrog in se po daljših obdobjih vlažnega, mokrega vremena ustavijo na našem vrtu. Kaj sledi potem, si lahko predstavljate.
PS: Aja, pa na našem vrtu še nikoli niso pristali trosi užitne gobe, vsaj če sem primerjal gobo na vrtu s fotografijami v gobarski knjižici.
Navadno zakoni nekaj prepovedujejo in omejujejo, so nadležni ali pa povsem odveč. Tudi z zadnjo novelo zakona, torej t.i. "protikadilskim zakonom" ni nič drugače, le da tokrat "selektivno" omejuje in je odveč zgolj kadilcem. Najbrž me bo kakšen zagrizen kadilec še preklinjal, ampak me vseeno ne bo prepričal, da bi razmišljal drugače.
Protikadilskega zakona sem vesel! Dobesedno. Nič več me ne bodo pekle oči v kakšnih zaprtih prostorih, kjer je pogosto od kadilcev oziroma cigaretnega dima neznosno zadušno. Nič več ne bodo smrdele obleke, lasje, koža in sploh vse, kar se sočasno nahaja v prostoru s kadilci. In nenazadnje se tudi pljuča nekadilcev ne bodo po nepotrebnem svinjala s katranom, nikotinom in vsemi ostalimi (dokazano) škodljivi zadevami, ki jih cigarete in dim povzročajo.
Končno bi torej lahko rekel, da so nekaj pametnega v parlamentu sprejeli in sicer po načelih skupnega dobrega. No, spet - kadilci se ne bodo strinjali, da je dobro za vse, a če pogledam iz druge strani. Mnogi bodo kajenje opustili ali vsaj skušali opustiti, spet drugi bodo še bolj besno kadili in se na vse pretege trudili, da bi zakon spodnesli.
Močno upam, da ne bo uspelo in da se bodo vsi še bolj začeli zavedati pomena zdravega življenja, ki (za nekatere - žal) ne vključuje cigaret. Razvada gor ali dol - škodljive so.
PS: Pa še telefonska številka: 01/ 280 38 20; na to telefonsko številko zdravstvenega inšpektorata bo potrebno kot kaže kar precej klicati, saj kot slišim in vidim se povsod pridno "goljufa" in ne upošteva zakona.
