[Novalug] hardware quandary UPDATE

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, I Beartooth wrote:

> 	The best advice I can find seems to be to get a good 
> solid single-purpose machine, while I still can with XP; I 
> certainly don't want to have to deal with Vista.
>
> 	The purpose will be to live in a vehicle (Is that a 
> no-no?), or at any rate be used on a passenger's lap with a 
> Y-cable connecting it to a GPS on the dashboard and to the 
> cigarette lighter [running map software].

 	After some shopping online, the chief choices seem to be 
a Toshiba - Toshiba Satellite M35X-S161 Notebook 15.4" TFT 
(Refurbished) from Corporate Computer Solutions, or an IBM 
Certified Used Notebook T42 (4WU) (Thinkpad) from IBM; by the 
time CCS adds shipping and IBM doesn't, the difference in price 
is negligible -- on the order of $530 vs. $545

 	Any opinions on either of those, especially as to 
sturdiness, or on Corporate Computer Solutions?

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