On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Brian Luft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would recommend (if you don't already have your heart set on a cute little > XO) checking out some older X series Thinkpads. They are small and built > like tanks. It might be worth checking out the sales part of the Thinkpad > forums for a good deal on an X31 or an X4 series machine.
I love Thinkpads, but as with any used laptop, I'd be concerned with battery life -- allocate time to test the battery before you really need it, and find a place to get a new one before buying an older laptop. --Rogan > > -Brian > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Robert Eickmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> No worries, I have a trip I hope to take late next year (still in the >> very early planning stages) that a fairly indestructible laptop would >> be great for. >> >> Hope everything is going well with you. >> >> -Rob >> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Ron Hale-Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Sorry, there was a misunderstanding. The XO is no longer for sale. I >> > apologize for wasting your time. >> > >> > Ron >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Ron Hale-Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> In the unlikely event that a member of Saturday House doesn't know >> >> what the One Laptop Per Child program is, please go here: >> >> http://laptop.org/ >> >> >> >> Last year during the Give One, Get One program, my extended family >> >> were Give 5, Get 5 donors. :) My wife and I bought two, and my >> >> sister-in-law's family bought three XO laptops: two for the adults and >> >> one for her stepdaughter. The adults still love their XOs, but the >> >> stepdaughter has moved back to Oregon and left hers behind, so they >> >> have it for sale. >> >> >> >> If you bought an XO from the Give One, Get One program now, you'd be >> >> paying $400 -- but of course you'd be donating a laptop to a kid in a >> >> developing country. If you want to do that, that's great -- I >> >> encourage it. (See the link above; G1G1 starts up again on 17 Nov.) If >> >> you just want a cheap, weatherproof Linux laptop that's great for >> >> reading ebooks, and you don't mind that the "give one" part of this >> >> G1G1 transaction is already taken care of, email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> or call 206-201-1768 and we'll arrange a rendezvous. >> >> >> >> Ron >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Ron Hale-Evans ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://ron.ludism.org/ ... (206) >> >> 201-1768 >> >> Senior Specification Writer, The Linux Foundation ... >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Mind Performance Hacks book: >> >> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindperfhks/ >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ron Hale-Evans ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://ron.ludism.org/ ... (206) >> > 201-1768 >> > Senior Specification Writer, The Linux Foundation ... >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Mind Performance Hacks book: >> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindperfhks/ >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
