RE: [MLUG] Recommended laptop

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Ross, Matt wrote:

> > No, not Mac, please. Let's stay within the Intel/AMD world.
> 
> Then either IBM ThinkPad or Dell Expensiveon (not sure what
> they're calling their latest line).  I'd go with a ThinkPad, as
> you might guess.  Both do the job, both are more expensive than
> your average craptop that you'd find in Staples, but TP gets you
> a little more for your money, unless you feel the need for tech
> support (which won't help much, being on linux instead of the
> OEM software).

One thing I forgot: your better ThinkPads come with its devices in 
what they call "media bays", so that if you discover that your old 
TP doesn't have (say) a CD-RW drive in it, you just order that 
rather than re-do the entire notebook.  Dell might offer this, but
I'm not sure.

jking

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