On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:57 PM, John Bartley K7AAY [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> I second the opinion of the esteemed Mr Hast. The only laptops sturdier > (and I say this from experience as a Freegeek laptop refurbisher and as a > Kaypro company tech rep) are the aluminum iBooks and the Panasonic > Toughbooks, and both are premium products at a premium price. Think Pads > have parts readily available and profuse manufacturer's repair > documentation, have a higher resale value (which validates their value) and > just plain last. There's an X60 at > > https://portland.craigslist.org/search/sya?zoomToPosting=&catAbb=sya&query=Thinkpad&minAsk=100&maxAsk=&excats= > as > well as many others. > > -- > 73s/Best regards de John Bartley K7AAY CN85qj •|||||||• tel. > This made me look at the current crop of Thinkpads on the Lenovo site, some of which are enticingly reasonable feature/price-wise. Sadly, they don't seem to be available without an OS. ________________________________________ Joe Shisei Niski Portland, Oregon, USA 至誠 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
