[PLUG] I'm shopping for hardware, what about Lenovo?

[Merlin Hold]

Thinkpads are awesome.

If you need a laptop that lasts a long time and can take a beating, I would
look at the Panasonic Toughbook line.  Those laptops are made to be
durable.  If you know anything about the Panasonic products is that they
last forever and a day.  I bought a Panasonic Microwave and it has lasted
me a good 8 years or more.

Merlin

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 5:24 AM, Vedanta Teacher <
orevedantateacher at gmail.com> wrote:

> The hard drive was tested and was fine.
>
> Paul W.
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Bill Barry <wabarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 23, 2017 7:54 PM, "Vedanta Teacher" <orevedantateacher at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Everyone,
> >
> >   My Dell Insperon 15.6" that I was going to use in school this
> > September just died (the Motherboard no longer recognized
> > the Hd).
> >
> >
> > Are you sure it is not just a bad hard drive? Will it boot from a DVD or
> > USB drive?
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> > I need reliability & durability more than anything. I'll need it
> > to last at least 1 year.
> >
> > I'll be going to school for Software Engineering & Embedded
> > systems e.g. HTML, Perl, Unix, etc, etc.
> >
> > I was thinking about replacing it with a Lenovo ThinkPad T570:
> >
> > 15.6" display
> >
> > 32 GB DDR4 2133Mhz SoDIMM Ram
> >
> > For the hard drive they show :
> >
> > Intel 180GB SSD 2.5 SATA3,OPAL2.0
> > or
> > 512 GB SSD OPAL2.0 PCle-NVMe
> >
> > (The 1 Tb version is $140 more.)
> >
> > Q: What is the difference between
> >
> > SATA3,OPAL2.0 & PCle-NVMe?
> >
> > As an OS I'll probably be running Linux Mint, I just don't have
> > time to tinker with new operating bases at this point.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Paul W.
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