Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:51:35 +0800 From: "Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop suggestions? Message-ID: <20080725055135.GN53966@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <1216945181.1179.23.camel@RabbitsDen> References: <1216910072.2251.8.camel@jill.exit.com> <a699ffdd0807240739s60ec59a7q22cf4e53025844d6@mail.gmail.com> <1216945181.1179.23.camel@RabbitsDen>
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>> If cost is not a big problem, then IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad Series (I prefer
>> T-series) is the best from my past experiences. And you may check following
>As someone who used (and use) 360, 701C, T30, T42p, X60 and T61p, I
>wholeheartedly agree with "past experiences"... with "past" being a key
>word. While I could not complain about FreeBSD support (none of the
>FreeBSD problems I have are ThinkPad-specific), manufacturing quality
>has gone down considerably. My not-two-years-old X60 chipped in places
>and my wife's 8-months-old T61p is no longer capable of keeping the
>screen upright. This is in the stark contrast with T42p I (ab)used for
>$work for more than three years, with the only visible outcome being
>loss of the caption on the "Enter" key.
So if Thinkpads are no longer the go ... what is ?
-aW
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