On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:46:30 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:44:29 GMT, qrk wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:39:21 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:30:24 -0700, Tim Wescott
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I'm pondering purchasing a new laptop... my old Vaio is absolutely
ancient, heavy, and slow (800MHz).

Specifically I'm looking at the ThinkPad X61s notebook.

Anyone experienced with this product?

Alternates?

I bought a System76 Gazelle as part of my Big Linux Experiment. I'm
loving it so far (but then, I haven't tried running any Windows apps yet).

Oh, you probably didn't mean _that_ alternate, did you?

I've ordered a ThinkPad X61s.

...Jim Thompson

What operating system? I wanna see how Vista does on simulations.

---
Mark

Charlie Edmondson was unsure about PSpice and Vista, so I ordered it
with XP Pro.

...Jim Thompson

Smart move, IMHO.

Nice and portable. I'll be interested to see how you do with the 12"
screen.


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Spehro Pefhany
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