Re: Opinions on Presario laptop?

["phillipalder" phillipalder@xxxxxxxx]

I have really liked both of my ThinkPads.

The first came with three years of free 24-hour technical support. One time,
I tipped orange juice onto the keyboard on a plane, causing some keys to
jam. IBM sent me a box via overnight mail, into which I put the machine. It
went back overnight mail. The keyboard was replaced, and I got the machine
back three days later, also overnight mail, all at IBM's expense.

Then the floppy drive died. A new one arrived the next morning. I sent the
old one back to prove it was dead, all at IBM's expense.

When I bought my next ThinkPad, this generosity had been reduced to twelve
months, but whenever I have called tech. support, even after the one-year
period, my questions have always been answered with no hassle.

The snags are: ThinkPads cost more, they weigh more and, as Jordan
mentioned, the batteries do not last that long.

The screen is very good (I think), and I like the trackball. I really
dislike the D*** (how I hate that company after my experience with one of
its machines) move-your-finger-over-an-area cursor "control".


My favorite Victor Borge inflationary language line was: Anytwo five
elevenis?

Regards to all,

Phillip




----- Original Message -----
From: J. R. Fox 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Opinions on Presario laptop?


> Norman Bauman wrote:
>
> > At 01:08 PM 5/11/03 -0800, J. R. Fox wrote:
> > >
> > >Norman Bauman wrote:
> > >
> >
> > I have heard good things generally about the ThinkPad. Why do you like
it?
>
> Norman,
>
> I don't own a laptop, but a relative of mine has a ThinkPad, probably the
A-20.
> Besides a general reputation for quality and good support, the TPs have
some of
> the better screens you'll see on a laptop, and they get much less warm
than most
> other laptops, so you can actually work with them on your lap for awhile.
I think
> their keyboards are pretty good, though maybe not the best. On the
downside, they
> don't have the most generous battery life, and I never much liked those
"pencil
> eraser" trackpoint things. However, you're free to use an outboard mouse
(or
> monitor or keyboard, for that matter), and there are hot swappable spare
> batteries.
>
> Jordan