On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:59:46 -0700 John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:40:10 -0400 > Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> dijo: > > >On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:48:21 -0700 > >John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> wrote: > > >> I should add that mine is a Ricoh also. Also that the Linux Thinkpad > >> thinkwiki page and the listserve are full of problems with hardware > >> failures and general flakiness. > > >They are? Thinkpads, particularly the T series (and IIUC, the R is a > >close cousin of the T), are famous and beloved for their superlative > >build quality. > > I am sorry, I didn't mean to imply that Thinkpads in general were poor > quality. In fact, my experience is just the opposite. My T61 is now 4.5 > years old and has held up better than any other laptop I have ever > owned. It's just the Ricoh card reader that is troublesome. Gotcha, thanks for the clarification. I recently bought a refurb T61, based on the series's stellar reputation, and I was getting nervous ;) Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120321201202.b8136bff.cele...@gmail.com