[Thinkpad] OT: Anyone have experience with Dell M65?
Rob Bell
RobDBell at mailworks.org
Wed Aug 1 07:26:21 CDT 2007
Colgrove, George wrote:
> Where I work, we used to only use ThinkPads. The IT department never
> put the IBM (Thinkvantage) software on it so they were never able to
> fully take advantage of the hardware. Hence they were dissatisfied.
> They went to HP with the idea that they would retire the TP's when they
> deteriorated. This was a few years ago. We still use the old TP's; I
> rarely (if ever) see HP's and for over a year all of our new
> acquisitions were Dell's. I went to a co-worker's desk - who had a Dell
> laptop, and found that he had to baby his laptop as he opened the
> screen. Incidentally, he had a desktop monitor. The thing is the old
> TP A31's we have are taken on the road and suffer from multiple users.
> These systems fair far better than the brand new Dells setting on a
> single person's desk - mostly used as a desktop machine!
>
> Take your pick . . .
>
> Low-end T-series ThinkPads you can buy at big box stores are far better
> (durable) machines then the super high end Dells - and now you can even
> pay less (with Lenovo). You will probably pay slightly more for a
> high-end T-Series with a feature-to-feature match with a Dell high-end,
> but the difference in price will get you the durability, support and
> backing you simply cannot get from Dell, HP, Sony, Toshiba, Acer, . . ..
>
Again, I'm not choosing the laptop brand, only the model, and I'm not
paying for it. I just have a few questions about the modular bay
accessories for someone who has experience.
Thanks,
Rob
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