Joe, I don't have an answer to your main question. I'd like to give some information about other points. To best of my knowledge, - the notebooks that Lenovo sells are exactly Thinkpads. I am not sure if they had their own new line, but Thinkpads should be Thinkpads. In a recent program on NPR they were talking about importance of that line for Lenovo. However, I despise Lenovo - for their regional sales representatives who not only spammed me, but also, after I complained directly to them, - one of their sales reps subscribed me to a few mailing lists (for which I have documented proof).
I would recommend you taking a look at Fujitsu laptops. I've been using their sub-notebook (P-series, P5020D in my case, P7xxx at the present time) for over 2 years and very happy about it. Their full-size notebooks are also good, and priced much better than, say, Sony. For technical questions about Fujitsu notebooks take a look at www.leog.net HTH, Igor Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:06:30 -0800 jtainter wrote: Gang, I am looking at various notebook computers. One of the uses would be photo editing, but mostly it is for word processing and internet. Still, I would need to be able to do photo editing on it. With all the gear that Pentax will be bringing out, I can't spend a lot on it. I've noticed that some manufacturers offer screen enhancements that have names like "True Life" (Dell) or "TruBrite" (Toshiba). The demo on Toshiba's website suggests that this is a gamma shift that lightens parts of images. Does anyone know anything about this? Is it just a gamma shift that one could do oneself? On the basis of value for money I am looking at Dell and Toshiba. Acer seems to get mixed reviews for reliability. Lenovo is too new to have established a track record. (I inquired how their notebooks differed from IBM Thinkpads, but the email I got back said that I had to call an 800 number. That's a good way for a company to lose me as a potential customer.) Thanks, Joe
