Re: Wanted - laptop brand opinions and experiences

Jim,

I've been using Toshiba notebooks for over 20 years. Bought HUNDREDS of
them at my last job. Also have experience with Dell, Sony, HP, Gateway
and prefer Toshiba. Tecra line is what's always been used. Notebooks are
UNBELIEVABLY cheap now days from all vendors compared to what they used
to be. As you no doubt know a notebook of that age is ancient - no
offense :-) You will appreciate a new one if you can justify it :-)

HTH,

Chuck

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Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:07 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: [PCTECH] Wanted - laptop brand opinions and experiences

My IBM ThinkPad is dying. The backlight or display is going out on me,
and
I am trying to decide if it would be best to replace or repair. I know
that
the cost of repair - if I do it myself - will be around $250. The
ThinkPad
is about 4 to 5 years old, and I think it is slow when running most of
the
software. It is used to run Adobe Pro, do email via browser (gmail)
maintain a few web sites for non profit groups, and other miscellaneous
things. This is my main home PC, but I travel enough, and need to have
access to a computer and the web when I do, that a laptop makes sense.

What brands of laptops would you recommend? I have only really
experienced
the IBM (now Lenovo) ThinkPad for the last 8 to 10 years, as my job has
supplied me with one. What kind of features should I look for? I know
that
Lenovo can be expensive, but is the extra cost worth the value of the
Lenovo
ThinkPad now? Any other thoughts or suggestions that I have not asked?

Your insight is valuable

Thanks!

Jim