From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 12:45:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00B171065673 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:45:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from smtp1.tls.net (smtp1.tls.net [65.196.224.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E5A8FC12 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:45:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 67932 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2008 12:45:10 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 67924, pid: 67928, t: 0.1526s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 clamav: 0.91.1/m:45/d:6125 spam: 3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on smtp1.tls.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=20.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 Received: from 64-184-10-141.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.0.102?) (ldg%tls.net@64.184.10.141) by auth-smtp1.tls.net with ESMTPA; 28 Mar 2008 12:45:10 -0000 Message-ID: <47ECE850.4010702@pixelhammer.com> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:45:04 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <172332.45773.qm@web56808.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <200803271548.07036.mike.jeays@rogers.com> <47EC0E97.3070404@math.arizona.edu> <20080327232706.J25565@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <47EC995C.2090402@math.arizona.edu> <18412.57495.291712.61803@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <18412.57495.291712.61803@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Reconditioned Laptop advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:45:14 -0000 Robert Huff wrote: > Predrag Punosevac writes: > >> ThinkPads are the highest quality machines. I honestly thing that >> there is nothing on the market which matches their quality >> including Apple laptops. > > /Caveat emptor/. I'm hearing reports from those who deal with > laptops much more that I do that quality has dropped substantially > since Lenovo took over. I am on my second Thinkpad/Lenovo, first a G40, now a R61i. I only replaced my G40 because it wouldn't hold enough ram to run VMWare player. I do not think the quality has suffered at all. I cannot say it runs FreeBSD well, though any FreeBSD live CD ran without error and everything functioned on the G40. I run FreeBSD in VMWare on the R61i. Fantastic keyboards, long battery life, great screens. They hold up very well as I am hard on equipment. These things are tanks. DAve -- In 50 years, our descendants will look back on the early years of the internet, and much like we now look back on men with rockets on their back and feathers glued to their arms, marvel that we had the intelligence to wipe the drool from our chins.