Re: [Thinkpad] any reasons not to buy dell instead of ibm

Well I might as well jump in here...

I would definitely go for the Thinkpad laptop.
If budget is a problem I'd pick a used thinkpad over a new Lattitude.

 From what I've seen Thinkpads are designed and built better than most
other laptops. I'm writing this on a 560x that's probably 8 years old
and everything still works beautify.
The keyboard feels nicer than Diane's new Lattitude. The Lattitude is a
nice computer but it doesn't feel as solid as my 560 (and the 560 is
known as being one of the flimsier Thinkpads).

Still reliable hardware is no good unless you can make the software
work. I can go to ibm.com and find drivers for my ancient computer to
use with DOS, Win3.1, Win95, Win98, and Win2K.
  IBM is the only company I know of that does support that well.

I can't speak about Easy-Serve or warrantee since my 560 has been out of
warrantee for years. Since nothing has broken on the 560 I haven't
missed the warrantee anyhow.

Now if it were a desktop I might think about another brand.
Actually I just ordered a Dell 4600 for $613 (the equivalent IBM would
have been $1100).

I expect that the IBM desktop would be like a Porsche compared to the
Chevy- I mean Dell. But much as I admire Porsche I can't justify
spending that much more (and Chevy makes some very serviceable cars
these days).

With a desktop I'm just buying the CPU, I can plug in whatever keyboard,
monitor and mouse I want. If I want to change them they are all industry
standard PS2, serial, USB, or SVGA.
With a laptop you are stuck with the keyboard, monitor and mouse. If you
want to change anything you've got to buy proprietary parts and
dismantle the computer.

-- 
Andrew in Ann Arbor
Driving a SAAB 9-3 (a European car sold by General Motors)
technology is the answer, what was the question?
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