On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 09:32:36 -0500 Ken Heard <kensli...@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2013-11-03 00:03, Celejar wrote: > > <snip> > > >> Is it normal for any laptop to fail in fewer than five years, or > >> is such a failure rate unique to Lenovo's laptops? > > > > Any piece of electronics can fail, but I'm pretty sure that an > > R-series ThinkPad doesn't have a *higher* failure rate than > > laptops in general. My understanding is that the business class > > ThinkPad lines are beloved precisely for (among other things) their > > superior build quality; I bought a (refurbished) T61 (which ISTR is > > quite similar to the R61) for exactly this reason, and I've been > > very happy with it. > > Maybe I was just unlucky. > > I have been never sure of the difference between the R, T (and X) > series ThinkPads with the same number. For example is the T61 > supposed to be more robust than the R61? The T61 is apparently a higher-end machine, a bit lighter and offered with higher-end options, but the general design is similar: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3685&article=T61andR61 http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo/124547-t61-vs-r61-what-difference.html http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=53905&start=0 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2149373,00.asp Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131103132309.e982f18c3bd8ae34edbf0...@gmail.com
