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On 02/16/07 03:57 am, Will Honea thus wrote :
** Reply to message from "Kris Steenhaut" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:30:59 +0100


  
I wonder why we are accosting ourself to the brand name "Thinkpad". There are
other brands around which are less eCS unfriendly, so why wouldn't we expand
our field of view?
    

I've got two models of Toshibas - one a model 105, the other a 115 dual
Centrino.
I used a Toshiba T5200 for a long time before my first ThinkPad (the T5200 was a luggable portable; no battery, 20+ pounds, 14MB RAM max, a single 8-bit ISA expansion slot, 386/20 CPU, gas plasma monochrome VGA display). I even did BIOS mods for those machines (EPROM burner) to override the HDD table and bypass the Conner HDD check at boot time. A fine machine, and built like a tank.

Unfortunately, in more recent times, I have found Toshibas, Sonys, and HPs to be overly fragile (not that I'm hard on my ThinkPads, but I have dropped a couple of mine from fairly high distances with no visible signs of damage. Dells and Gateways have proven to be overly heavy and not very good performers.

case, which is extremely durable.ThinkPads have been built by Hitachi, and AFAIK, even the new Lenovo designs are manufactured by Hitachi. The T series still has (AFAIK) a titanium-composite The T60 also includes a shock-mounted HDD and a magnesium roll cage, in addition to IBM/Lenovo's patented Active protection system.

In short, there are other reasons to make the shoe fit rather than switch to a different shoe. When the time comes that I find a machine which holds up as well to the rigors of my profession, I may consider switching. Currently, though, ThinkPads are the only notebooks I recommend (for any OS, and I typically set these up running either W2K, WXP, eCS, or SuSE Linux) and support.

Eventually, even the other brands are going to follow suit with changes in architecture. The fact that the T60 is currently on the bleeding edge of things for us doesn't change the fact that we continue to be challenged in this regard. In short, from where I sit, we still have the problem, even if we want to stall it off for a period of time.

PS - I don't (presently) own stock in IBM or Lenovo, and I am not looking to promote ThinkPads for my own financial gain (an excellent source for ThinkPads and ThinkPad components is Bill Morrow at thinkpads.com - bill [at] thinkpads ...). I'm also not raving about the T60, as there are a number of design issues with which I am not overly enamoured, but which I hope will be resolved in future revisions to the line (and I surely hope that unlike the T30, the T60 doesn't become an enigma - an orphan). Luckily, I'm quite happy with my T43 (happier than I was with my T30, and almost as happy as I was with my T20 - okay, probably happier, with 2GB RAM and working internal Wi-Fi), and plan to stay with it for another generation or two.

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