This is just my opinion. There are several portable computer categories. Mainly laptops, pda's and Thinkpads. I firmly believe the best portable computers you can buy are the Thinkpads. You get what you pay for. I have worked on Dells, Compaqs, Microns, Gateways, Powerbooks, Toshibas, Acers, TIs, and IBM Thinkpads. Once you have a Thinkpad, everything else is just a laptop.
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 10:06:08AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On a similar note, does anyone know of any laptops that are fairly > rugged (ie. not in plastic cases that crack... the back of my Toshiba > Sat. Pro that I have running Debian currently - it's an old P100 model, > runs Debian beautifully. I don't like parts snapping of and cases that > crack, though), that don't run hot (I like to have a laptop *gasp* in > my lap, sometimes), and that has one of those nub mice (the little nub > in the center of the keyboard, and the mouse buttons at the bottom). > I can't deal with the touchpad mice. > > I can find laptops with any one of these features, and sometimes some > with two of these features. But never one with all three. > > Rugged case, runs cool, and has a nub mouse with 2 or 3 buttons. Is that > too much to ask for? :) > > On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 04:01:55AM -0500, Yannick Asselin wrote: > > Heather wrote: > > > > > Improve the criteria please, do you mean "current models I can buy with > > > a manufacturer's warranty" ? Also what sort of "friendly" features are > > > you looking for? > > > > Sorry I was a bit fuzzy on that one. A new one. PIII-800 Mhz or around > > there. Right now it's a standoff between Dell and Toshiba... > > -- > David Schmitt > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Jonathan Crockett Network Engineer Midcontinent Communications
