[PLUG] Best dealer for Thinkpads

[Rogan Creswick]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:
>
> With the 4 digit model number (i.e. 7762 ) you can look in lots
> more places.  The Lenovo Outlet Store has lots of inexpensive
> X61 tablets, some with undefined screen resolutions.  Given
> the model number, that is where I would look first.  There are
> some highly rated stores on the lists, but that doesn't mean
> their laptops are good specimens, compared to the manufacturer.
>

Thanks!  I haven't found the model number, but I was able to find one
(exactly one, in fact) tablet with an SXGA+ screen, and at a pretty
fantastic price too :).  No bluetooth, but I can live without that if
it isn't possible to add later.

Thanks again for the pointer -- I'd never heard of the lenovo outlet.
Definitely a place to keep in mind.

--Rogan


>
> Perhaps irrelevant to your quest, I personally prefer 1Kx768
> screens - until they start making 2Kx1.5Ks.  I can fit two
> 80 character xterms with 5x9 fonts across a 1024 pixel screen.
> The fonts look crummy until you get up to 9x15 characters,
> IMHO.  But then, most of you have better eyes than I do, so
> you can see xterms with itsy bitsy characters.  1024x seems
> to be the sweet spot for many websites, too.
>
> Keith
>
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