[PLUG] Need a new laptop

Rigel Hope gnu at rigelhope.org
Fri May 9 22:11:29 UTC 2014


they also appear to have almost completely replaced the IBM style
keyboard/pad/stick. there's only one current model I looked at with an IBM
style kb. not sure how the new ones hold up but there are apparently some
issues with the new trackpads, so I was hesitant. anyone with a newer model
want to weigh in?
On May 9, 2014 2:44 PM, "Joe Shisei Niski" <joeniski at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:57 PM, John Bartley K7AAY john at 503bartley.com <
> john.bartley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I second the opinion of the esteemed Mr Hast. The only laptops sturdier
> > (and I say this from experience as a Freegeek laptop refurbisher and as a
> > Kaypro company tech rep) are the aluminum iBooks and the Panasonic
> > Toughbooks, and both are premium products at a premium price. Think Pads
> > have parts readily available and profuse manufacturer's repair
> > documentation, have a higher resale value (which validates their value)
> and
> > just plain last. There's an X60 at
> >
> >
> https://portland.craigslist.org/search/sya?zoomToPosting=&catAbb=sya&query=Thinkpad&minAsk=100&maxAsk=&excats=
> > as
> > well as many others.
> >
> > --
> > 73s/Best regards de John Bartley K7AAY  CN85qj   •|||||||•  tel.
> >
>
> This made me look at the current crop of Thinkpads on the Lenovo site, some
> of which are enticingly reasonable feature/price-wise. Sadly, they don't
> seem to be available without an OS.
>
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