Re: opinions on i1480

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From: Daniel Basterfield (daniel_at_basterfield.com)
Date: Fri Jan 07 2000 - 19:57:59 EST


As far as I am aware, the whole i-series is the range of ThinkPads
contracted out to Acer. I had nasty experiences in the early days with
ThinkPad 310's and 365's, also Acer products; I hope they have sorted
out their quality and materials by now, but personally I'd only touch a
'real' IBM machine. Superficially part of the ThinkPad range, internally
rather disappointing.

I evaluated an i-series about six months ago for a colleague at work;
looked great on paper, then I went down to the local PC superstore to
get a feel for the machine. Crap, plasticy thing. I went from "yeah -
that looks like a decent machine" to "buy a Toshiba" almost instantly.

Personal opinion,
Dan.

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Daniel Basterfield                "He who dies with the most toys wins"
OS/2 Certified Engineer
Microsoft Certified Professional
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