On Sunday 20 April 2008 1:05:57 pm Vaughn Treude wrote: > Hello everybody! > > I'm planning to buy a new notebook, <> > Any comments or relevant experiences any of you could share? > Thanks, > Vaughn Vaughn: I picked up a Lenovo T61p (Intel 2.2 GHz dual core, Nvidia Quadro FX 570M 256 MB, 2 Gig Ram, 100 Gig SATA 7200 rpm, DVD burner, 3 USB ports, 15.4", card reader) just before Christmas and have enjoyed it from the word go. I had some initial issues with wireless on my Mandriva 2008.0 system, but just upgraded to 2008.1 spring and the issue disappeared (driver-related). No problems with any of the other hardware. I also purchased the ThinkVision L194 widescreen LCD monitor and the docking station (plus a few other accessories keyboard, mouse, SATA drive bay adapter) at the same time. I picked all of that up for about $2200. Side note, I was foolish enough to get the Vista version, instead of XP (they wouldn't sell it without Windows but they did offer XP). I set it up for dual boot and also run VirtualBox with an XP virtual machine. The Vista system won't run updates, it just starts downloading and hangs at 0%. I use it so infrequently that I haven't bothered to spend the time figuring out why. This machine is a good deal smaller than my previous Acer 1804, so carrying it for business is a LOT easier. Battery life is around 2 to 2.5 hours which is about double the life of either of my previous Acers. Overall, I am pretty happy with the Lenovo. HTH Jason Hayes --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss