[Klug-general] Laptop purchase. any recommendations?

[J D Freeman]

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On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:39:27AM +0100, Karl Lattimer wrote:
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> A friend once said to me real hackers choose thinkpads...
> 
> Indestructible machines... Unless you drop another thinkpad on one (yes
> I have a friend that did this).
> 
> So I'd say, thinkpad it is.

Who are you and what have you done with the real karl? :p

I would recommend a thinkpad everytime. The amount of abuse they will take
is quite remarkable. Surpassed only by the likes of panasonic tough books,
and products of GRID. They also have very very good linux support, and are
well known for their reliability.

Don't necessarily go for the latest and greatest, second hand thinkpads
are quite easy to come by and due to their wonderful construction they
last forever. Add to the fact that if you aren't using windows you don't
need as much cpu/ram, you will find that you can save alot by getting last
years model.

HTH

J - IBM X31 
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