[Novalug] computers for developing (read, poor and miserable) countries

[Michael Hans]

I've had 3 ThinkPads (T42, T60 and current W500), and agree they hold up
pretty well. In particular my T42 felt like a tank (as opposed to my W500
which weighs about as much as  a tank). I've taken the T42 through Airports
(tossed in grey bin, tossed back into non-laptop bag), dropped it a few
times, left it in some bad weather conditions and it still fires up to this
day. The T60 after a year had some mouse issues, but past that quick repair
it too runs great.

T42 + some extra batteries and Ubuntu in my view.

Cheers,
Michael

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Beartooth <beartooth at beartooth.info>wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Dan Arico wrote:
>
> > I've had very good experiences with Thinkpads.
> >
> > Also, I second Greg's opinion about Linux. Since the
> > prospective users have no computer experience, why saddle them
> > with an OS that is prone to virus problems?
>
>        I have two thinkpads, a T30 and a T42 (I think it is),
> both bought reconditioned from IBM -- one a year or two ago, and
> one a year or two before that. I've never had any trouble with
> either. And I third the linux -- maybe CentOS??
>
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