From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 04:45:34 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 5542C106564A for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:45:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C9598FC17 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:45:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m2T4jTJI070215; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:45:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "dhaneshk k" , "Wojciech Puchar" , "Predrag Punosevac" Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:46:51 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:45:33 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:45:34 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of dhaneshk k > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:50 PM > To: Wojciech Puchar; Predrag Punosevac > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Reconditioned Laptop advice > > > > > People : I want to bu a laptop , for the time being I can't go > for a high end machine like hp8510b or like those > > But I found in internet , about IBM Thinkpad T40 Reconditioned : > > So I want people's valuable advice on Reconditioned machine ;is > it safe to have this machine , I want to use FreeBSD on this > machine , what about the reliability of Reconditioned machines ?: > your advices may help me to take a good decision on my purchase. > Do yourself a favor and as soon as you obtain your laptop, go out and buy a brand new hard disk drive for it. Not only will you get a disk that is faster and larger, it will be much more reliable than a ratty old hard drive that's probably been bumped and jostled around a lot. Ted