[PLUG] Thinkpad T61 needs new hard disk

[Richard Owlett]

On 06/19/2020 12:31 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> ...  I decided to take the T61 with me. Sad to say, its
> hard drive failed, so now I sit here shopping fr a replacement.
> 
> [spining rust vs SSD on a Lenovo laptop]
> 
> 2) Any other observations or suggestions?
> 

For the last ~15 years I've only purchased refurbished [i.e. USED] 
laptops. When the drive on one Lenovo machine died, the only comparable 
drive the shop had in stock was an SSD. I was happy. At this point I'd 
have to start disassembly to find out which had what. Not worth effort.
YMMV ;/