From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Mon May 03 1999 - 23:50:40 EDT
the "i" series has gotten consistently good reviews from the users..
like "lots of value for the money"... :-)
STeve Andre' wrote:
> Now, now...
>
> Speaking as an TP 1451 Series i owner, I am very impressed with the
> quality and construction of the unit.
>
> It may have plastic in it, but it is hardly a toy, or fragile. Mine has
> performed very well. It is easily the best laptop of the ones I've seen
> lately, although the higher-end TP's I haven't seen. It compares very
> very well to units made by Toshiba, Dell, Sager and some others I briefly
> sneered at. ;-)
>
> Time will tell how sturdy it is, but I expect this to be a winner. I've
> dealt with enough laptops from the repair standpoint to think this.
>
> --STeve Andre'
> andres_at_pilot.msu.edu
>
> At 09:15 PM 5/3/99 -0400, Bill Morrow wrote:
> >Donald..
> >most thinkpads that you will find at retail outlets, WILL be plastic
> >machines..
> >like the 1421 "i" series and the like..
> >
> >the really top end models are not plastic and are tough to find to look
> >at, play with and so forth..
> >
> >Donald Malcolm MacQueen wrote:
> >
> >> I've just about decided to buy
> >> a Thinkpad. But before I shell
> >> out major dinero, I'd like to look
> >> at one in the flesh, er, plastic.
> >>
> >> Who sells them retail?
> >>
> >> Donald
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >> Donald M. MacQueen
> >> Registered Smalltalk Bigot
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >> I've tried the rest, now I use the best -- Smalltalk!
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
> >
> >** Bill Morrow ** :-)
> >Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop
> >WEB page http://thinkpads.com
> >Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html
> >e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
> >770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
> >
> >Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will
> >vary, Done on a
> >closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
> >
> >
> >
> >
-- Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop WEB page http://thinkpads.com Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net 770Z-8AU, 760ED, 760CD, (5)701C, 560E, 755CE, 750C et al...
Including, but not limited to, Subject to prior sale, Your mileage will vary, Done on a closed road with a professional driver AND Do not try this at home..
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