With the new hardware, it is incredibly light-weight. It took me a while to find a brand-new screen as a replacement for the original 1024x786 screen (which has to be modified, including some minor metal-working).Īfter roughly a year of heavy daily use, I must say that this is the best laptop I have owned in my life (including previous Thinkpads R60, T510 and and T460s). Shipment of the modification kit (some plastic parts + a new mainboard) took 2 months from China to Germany.
#MULTITOUCH X61 DRIVERS#
Windows 8 doesn't really work well as a pen based tablet OS, needed drivers and is just generally a horrible OS (although the final release may be better?).Īlso be aware there are what Lenovo calls "multitouch" tablets, which aren't multitouch like Apple products, it just means you can use your fingers or the pen to touch one single point on the screen, but as I don't have one of these I don't know how good these are but the flexibility would be useful at times.Last year, I decided to build an X62 (Thinkpad X61 or X60 with custom hardware) after reading about it here.
#MULTITOUCH X61 INSTALL#
Ubuntu was the easiest to set up as almost everything worked without needing to download drivers, XPtablet was a pig to install but fine once there. Performancewise I've run Ubuntu Oneiric, Windows XP tablet edition and Windows8 on it and all ran well. Cursor drift doesn't seem to happen unless you have been using the nipple mouse and it's gotten stuck, in which case you wiggle it a bit and it comes right. One complaint I do have about the X60t is the pixel density is a bit low, but I'm not sure how it compares to other drawing tablets. Sketchbook which I use more often runs fine, and mypaint which I've just started using runs fine so far. I've not found lag to be a problem except when using some of the more processor intensive operations like the real paint emulation in Artrage.
I find the accuracy a little bit off near the edges (especially the top left of the screen) but it's pretty good in the centre (where you're more likely to be drawing).
#MULTITOUCH X61 ANDROID#
I chose it over an android tablet as I wanted the pressure sensitivity for more detailed drawing and after trying pressure sensitive addons for tablets came to the conclusion a wacom type device was what I needed. I bought an X60t for the same reasons, it's cheap and I can use it for drawing. When the prices drop in the future, I plan on grabbing an X60. I ended up going with a different model that had higher specs for about the same price. My first attempt failed horribly, and I appreciate any help I can get.ĮDIT: Thanks for the comments everybody. This is my second attempt at trying to get a good tablet. What specs should I look for if I were to buy one of these used machines? Are there any accuracy, pen lag, cursor drifting, or other pen issues I need to know about? Would I be better off looking for a different machine, like a Fujitsu LifeBook or something? Can any artists weigh in on what they think about the machine? Are old batteries, failing hardware, etc., concerns that I should bear in mind with this particular model? Should I look for a used X2xx if I can find one? Since I don't need a particularly powerful machine, should I just look for a cheap, new and unused Android tablet or something? (With an active digitizer? Rare, I know.) Of course, they're all used, and range in price from $200 to $300, depending on the specs. Nothing crazy, just enough to smoothly sketch and some light painting, maybe. I've heard good things about the X6x series, and was wondering if they'd still be a good purchase for modern artsy needs. I've gathered just under $300 and I'm in the market for a slate, tablet, or convertible tablet pc.
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