I would second the Fujitsu's. I use an N5010 and love it. I have had quite a few notebooks over the years, and this one is my favorite. The screen is to die for!
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 12:36:17 PM, you wrote: IR> Joe, IR> I don't have an answer to your main question. IR> I'd like to give some information about other points. IR> To best of my knowledge, - the notebooks that Lenovo sells are IR> exactly Thinkpads. I am not sure if they had their own new line, IR> but Thinkpads should be Thinkpads. IR> In a recent program on NPR they were talking about importance IR> of that line for Lenovo. IR> However, I despise Lenovo - for their regional sales representatives IR> who not only spammed me, but also, after I complained directly IR> to them, - one of their sales reps subscribed me to a few IR> mailing lists (for which I have documented proof). IR> I would recommend you taking a look at Fujitsu laptops. IR> I've been using their sub-notebook (P-series, P5020D in my case, P7xxx IR> at the present time) for over 2 years and very happy about it. IR> Their full-size notebooks are also good, and priced much better IR> than, say, Sony. For technical questions about Fujitsu notebooks IR> take a look at www.leog.net IR> HTH, IR> Igor IR> Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:06:30 -0800 IR> jtainter wrote: IR> Gang, I am looking at various notebook computers. One of the uses would be IR> photo editing, but mostly it is for word processing and internet. Still, I IR> would need to be able to do photo editing on it. With all the gear that Pentax IR> will be bringing out, I can't spend a lot on it. IR> I've noticed that some manufacturers offer screen enhancements that have names IR> like "True Life" (Dell) or "TruBrite" (Toshiba). The demo on Toshiba's website IR> suggests that this is a gamma shift that lightens parts of images. IR> Does anyone know anything about this? Is it just a gamma shift that one could IR> do oneself? IR> On the basis of value for money I am looking at Dell and Toshiba. Acer seems to IR> get mixed reviews for reliability. Lenovo is too new to have established a IR> track record. (I inquired how their notebooks differed from IBM Thinkpads, but IR> the email I got back said that I had to call an 800 number. That's a good way IR> for a company to lose me as a potential customer.) IR> Thanks, IR> Joe
