Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> My budget is a little on the light side, but I could manage a
> 'low-end' thinkpad like an R51 or maybe a T42.

I paid about $600USD for a used T-40 with 512M RAM and a 1.5 Pentium-M
processor, built in IPW2100, CD-RW/DVD drive..  This was a corporate
laptop, and was perfect.  If I could only remember where I purchased
it...

Installation was pretty simple, with all the information needed found on
the thinkwiki.

The only complaint that I have is the placement of the speaker.  I have
to use a spoken interface, and if I am outside it is sometimes hard to
understand what the computer is speaking to me, as the speaker is on the
bottom of the machine... directly on my lap.

> So my question is: is a 'low end' thinkpad worth the mark-up over what 
> Dell and Toshiba have on offer?

Only if you are dependent on OEM tech support, necessitating a new
machine with manufacturer warranty.

-- 
Robert D. Crawford                                      [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Money doesn't talk, it swears.
                -- Bob Dylan


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