Thanks, I'll give this one a look also. I hear very good things about the thinkpads, which is excellent. Thanks for everyone's help. Daniel. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 05:47:48PM +0100, Imre Vida wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:00:18AM -0500, Tim Tebbit wrote: > > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > Yes, thanks for sharing. > > > > > > I'm going to increase my budget by $800, and get a Lenovo thinkpad > > > X200. Anyone got one of these, what do you think of it? > > > > > > I found it on amazon for $1100, which I could probably get shipped out > > > here to Australia by a third party, for under au$1300, in total > > > costs. However, Amazon says I will void my manufacturer's warranty if I > > > export it out of the US... Can anyone offer any advice or will I just > > > have to pay Au$2,000 to buy one locally? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Dan > > > > > > Ditto to the T61/Lenovo suggestions. There is also very good > > documentation on the entire ThinkPad series. > > > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki > > have been using a T60p for over 4 years by now and still very happy with it. > Essentially all hardware components are supported by Linux (except for > the modem). > > I use it constantly, in the office and at home, carrying it back and > forth every day - hibernating it for the road. > Had two other laptops before but they did not last longer than 2-3 years > due to the heavy ware and tear. > > This one is still fully functional, thanks especially to the very robust > hinge. I had to exchange only the keyboard recently as many of the keys > were slowly giving up on me ;-). > > Mine is still IBM branded and i don't know how the quality changed since > the Lenovo takeover, but i guess the production is at the same > location and the look is pretty much unchanged. > > imre
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