MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed Feb 15 11:03:40 CST 2006
Lenovo is a Chinese firm that bought out IBM's PC manufacturing business. In some sort of licensing and partnership arrangement. Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote: >My only reservation would be reliability and servicing turnaround. >Don't know Lenovo. > >Rocky > > >Bobby Heid wrote: > > >>Lenovo Thinkpad R51e >> >>http://www.buy.com/prod/Lenovo_Thinkpad_R51E_1_73GHz_512MB_40GB/q/loc/101/20 >>2001957.html >> >>I need to get my daughter a laptop for graduation (HS). I came across this >>yesterday. It is $699 after $75 rebate. >> >>Quick specs: >>15" XGA TFTF screen >>Intel Pentium M 740 (1.73GHz) >>512MB RAM (2GB max, 1 free slot) >>533MHz FSB >>6-Cell battery (approx 3.5 hour run time) >>CD-RW/DVD-ROM >>XP Professional >>40GB HD (I think I saw somewhere is was 4200rpm, but I don't see it here) >> >>My daughter will be taking elementary education in college next year, so she >>does not need a high-end laptop. >> >>An equivalently configured Dell Inspiron B130 will run about $870 after >>rebates ($720 with XP home). >> >>What do you all think about this laptop? >> >>Thanks, >>Bobby >> >>_______________________________________________ >>dba-Tech mailing list >>dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada