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Steve Franks wrote:
> What's the difference between the T, A, R models (if you know)
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
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> On 9/24/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> wrote:
>   
>> Steve Franks wrote:
>>     
>>> The freebsd laptop page is a nice resource, but it's a bit heavy on
>>> specifics (i.e. I have a laptop I want to install on), not so good
>>> generally (want to buy a laptop).  So anyone have realworld advice?
>>> I'm not against something used in the 1GHz+ range.
>>>
>>> <I have a compaq that is %#&*!^$.  The pcmcia will not work, the
>>> ndiswrapper for the broadcom panics, etc.  So, compaq is right out
>>> (the've always maintained their poor reputation, no?) - so compaq is
>>> out.  Seems gateway has an equally bad rap>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
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>> IBM ThinkPad you can not go wrong.
>>
>> T23, T30 or T43 are $200-400 on ebay. If you are rich T60 by far the
>> best laptop on the market in my opinion.
>>
>>     
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>
>   
T is their BEST corporate model. A and R are economy models that have 
cheaper lower quality components.

I would not buy anything but T model.