I use ratpoison on a ThinkPad X201. I basically only have one xterm with tmux and one browser open. Ratpoison is the least annoying window manager for that.
i use ratpoison on a thinkpad x301. they must go well together.
> I basically only have one xterm with tmux and one browser open.
What more could one ask for?
ratpoison was my first tiling wm. i remember how it made me feeling like a total newbie =)
its lack of a floating mode (needed for gimp and others) made me switch to more advanced wms though.