On Wednesday 16 April 2008, Aditya Chadha wrote:
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> I think Lenovo went on a huge and pretty bizarre cost-reduction across the
> IBM laptop line, like the legendary IBM keyboard is definitely not what it
> used to be. But this is piece of FUD is based only on my experience with
> one T60p, a
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Sajith T S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aditya Chadha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I think the new Lenovo made Thinkpad hardware is pretty much equal
> > in quality to Apple hardware, if not worse.
>
> Hmm. Is this true about R series too? Just a couple of mo
Most of these MNC OEMs, will not offer any Windows refunds and will not
extend their warranty etc , if Windows is removed, so one must be prepared
to take care of the machine . Fortunately, laptops are very robust and you
may not face any problem.
HCL T5550 machines are Intel Core2 duo based and H
Aditya Chadha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the new Lenovo made Thinkpad hardware is pretty much equal
> in quality to Apple hardware, if not worse.
Hmm. Is this true about R series too? Just a couple of months back a
Debian Developer I know chose Dell, after mightily disappointed by an
On 15 Apr 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> why bother with refunds hassle when one can get a laptop sans OS (free
> dos actually)
Not this model apparently (7669-A24). At least, that's what the reseller
tells me. An eloquent shrug when I asked him if there was any way of not
installing an OS at a
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Alok G. Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I expect quite an adventure to get a refund I'm going to try and get for
> the pre-installed Vista.
why bother with refunds hassle when one can get a laptop sans OS (free
dos actually)
On 15 Apr 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> but why not a MacBook?
Partly because it is made by Apple and partly because it doesn't really
suit my needs. And it's fscking expensive here.
> I believe you can install Linux on a Mac...
I expect quite an adventure to get a refund I'm going to try an
On Apr 15, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
At 2008-04-15 16:51:12 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why not a MacBook?
Macbooks are heavy, and my impression is that the hardware (while very
nice, feature-wise) isn't as robust as the ThinkPads. If mobility is a
major consideration, t
At 2008-04-15 16:51:12 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> why not a MacBook?
Macbooks are heavy, and my impression is that the hardware (while very
nice, feature-wise) isn't as robust as the ThinkPads. If mobility is a
major consideration, then I personally wouldn't pick a MacBook.
(Obviously, t
> At 2008-04-15 20:40:06 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> My current top choice is the TP X60s.
>
> I can recommend the ThinkPad X6* without reservation for use with Linux,
> and I think the hardware is fantastic.
My days of being able to comment knowledgeably about Linux (or even PCs)
are fa
At 2008-04-15 20:40:06 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> My current top choice is the TP X60s.
I can recommend the ThinkPad X6* without reservation for use with Linux,
and I think the hardware is fantastic.
-- ams
I'm looking for laptop recommendations. I need mobility, not a desktop
replacement. I will be running Debian GNU/Linux (sid) on it. I don't
need an optical drive or those dinky SD card readers. A nice high
resolution screen (XGA and above) would be nice. Wi-fi is a
given. Priorities are:
1. A wor
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