> they also appear to have almost completely replaced the IBM style > keyboard/pad/stick. there's only one current model I looked at with an IBM > style kb. not sure how the new ones hold up but there are apparently some > issues with the new trackpads, so I was hesitant. anyone with a newer > model > want to weigh in?
I have a Lenovo W540. That is about as new as you can get. (It is less than a month old.) Keyboard is good. Laptop was really expensive. I use an external mouse with mine. Gnome 3 has a feature that allows you to disable the trackpad on seeing the external mouse. The trackpad works, I just hate trackpads. > On May 9, 2014 2:44 PM, "Joe Shisei Niski" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 â¢|||||||⢠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 >> è³èª >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
