[Klug-general] Laptop purchase. any recommendations?

[Peter Childs]

2009/6/1 J D Freeman <klug at quixotic.org.uk>:
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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...
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>> Indestructible machines... Unless you drop another thinkpad on one (yes
>> I have a friend that did this).
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>> So I'd say, thinkpad it is.
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> Who are you and what have you done with the real karl? :p
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> HTH
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