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Date:      Thu, 07 Nov 2002 16:07:41 +0100
From:      "Fischer, Oliver" <plexus@snafu.de>
To:        mvh@welkyn.com
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Laptop short list - and the winner is!
Message-ID:  <3DCA81BD.90803@snafu.de>
In-Reply-To: <1036608697.93700.26.camel@netcom1.netcom.com>
References:  <1036608697.93700.26.camel@netcom1.netcom.com>

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One of my friends has got a Dell one year ago (~5000 Euro) and if I 
compare the quality of my 3 years old T20 and his one year old Dell, IBM 
wins!

Bye

Oliver

Mike Harding wrote:

> It looks like I'll get a IBM thinkpad T30.  I thank the list for the
> input!  There were a few things that pushed it towards the T30...
>
> - It's supposed to be physically robust, for lots of travel.  I have
> heard things about Dells, etc. have problems with the hinges.
> - It's has a serial port, which I occasionally need to bootstrap systems
> (even my desktop FreeBSD box when X locks up)  I would otherwise
> probably get an X series.
> - I need to do windows stuff to support some security work.  Honestly,
> the new Macs seem much nicer, even for the same money, and draw less
> power - if I didn't specifically have to support windows apps I would
> get the Mac.
> - I do some sales work with IBM, so the politics are better.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Mike H.
>
>
>
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