Rick, I think I still have some unprotected 8" floppies around here
somewhere.... I forgot they were a 5150, we have been referring to it as a
PC Junior, 64 k of ram with a blazing 8088 at about 5MHz. Am I old or just
too experienced? :^)
Chuck Profito
209-988-7388
CV-ACCESS, INC
cprof...@cv-access.com
Providing High Speed Broadband
to Rural Central California
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of RickG
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:20 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] HP/Lenovo Netbook
Ya, never know who is on this list!
I'd still have my 1982 IBM PC-1 that I trained on back in my IBM days.
It looked just like this --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC
-RickG
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:47 PM, David Hulsebus <cont...@portative.net>
wrote:
I'm sure I still bleed a little blue, but I've used a Thinkpad - now
Lenovo since 1993. I'd still have the 486 based 700 series, but IBM
wanted it back when I left. I've had five laptops and haven't bought a
new one because of breakage yet - replaced only for performance issues.
We still have an old PIII in use as a terminal on one of our racks. They
get carried onto roofs, up water tanks, have been dropped from short
distance and have never failed to perform when picked back up. I'll echo
John, I could have paid more but a year old processor does what I need.
And yes, I also have one of the A31 series that runs Ubuntu. Works very
well as a workstation around the office. I absolutely love the
trackpoint. I have issues with the trackpad and sweat on my fingers in
the summer, it makes moving the pointer a problem for me. I bought two
T42 series last month coming off lease for $250 each for installation
work.
David Hulsebus
Portative Technologies
www.portative.com
Josh Luthman wrote:
I have seen several HP laptops - nothing really good or bad about them,
they're just out there.
I am a die hard fan of Thinkpad, Thinkpads for me. Thinkpad moved their
manufacturing half to Lenovo.
I just bought our new employee a $500 Lenovo from Systemax/Infotel and
I'm
quite impressed. There are touch sensitive buttons for media, the screen
has NO latch to break (it's magnetic or part of the hinge). The keyboard
isn't quite Thinkpad goodness but is still better then most. The screen
is
awfully reflective. Battery LEDs on the chassis itself is also a bonus.
Great specs for an installer. Also I should note Butch Evans has used a
Lenovo for years - he has proven his laptop works quite well as a Linux
workstation. I only wish I could make that leap.
For $500 I couldn't be happier - I need to get one myself (ethernet port
fried) but I need it dock capable. Not sure if Lenovo offers that.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:00 PM, <lakel...@gbcx.net> wrote:
Anyone using one of these? Would love to hear pros and cons
Tnx
Bob
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