Re: Cheap Laptop

From: James Knott (james.knott_at_rogers.com)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:34:24 -0400

David Wright wrote:

>> Have you considered a used IBM ThinkPad? They tend to do well with
>> Linux.
>> I have an R31 which works well with SuSE 9.3. Everything works,
>> including WiFi and modem.
>
> They are just ThinkPad these days (since it was sold off to Lenovo or
> whatever they are called), they dropped the IBM monica this month here in
> Germany I believe...

I don't think there are many used Lenovo ThinkPads around yet. ;-).
Also, they're still showing the IBM logo in the ads in Canada. I seem to
recall that Levono is allowed to use the IBM logo etc., for a period of
time.

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