On Friday 17 November 2006 02:20, Zoong PHAM wrote: > On Thursday, 16 November 2006 at 16:17:16 -0700, Rick Kelly wrote: > > Stay away from the T30. They have a lot of motherboard and disk > > failures. > > Oops, I am about to buy a 2nd hand T30 to run OBSD-4.0. > I currently have a X24 and it works beautifully with 3.8 > But the X24 lacks of a serial port so I am thinking of getting a T30. > So should I stick with the X24 and buy a USB or PCMCIA serial card? Can > someone recommend one? > > TIA, > Zoong
Not all T30's are bad. In fact, few of them are, but compared to the other Thinkpad's the T30's had a higher rate of failure. Would I get a T30 if the price was right for its configuration? Probably. I really like Thinkpads. If in fact the T30 does die on you, spare parts are obtainable. --STeve Andre'
