[Discussion] can you recommend a laptop?

[Thomas Clayton]

OK.
Understood.
Good Luck to you, two.
;-)

Tom C


--- On Mon, 9/7/09, Arthur Menu <menu at islandnet.com> wrote:

> From: Arthur Menu <menu at islandnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] can you recommend a laptop?
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 12:37 PM
> Thomas Clayton wrote:
> > Dear Arthur,
> > 
> > I hope you will take LONGER than this week to EVALUATE
> your choices.
> > It seems to me to be a rushed way of making an
> important decision. :-)
> > 
> > Also, I don't know what a T30 has within it (CPU) but
> a guy on the OS2Connect list-server successfully got Warp4
> working on his. I'd been planning to forward some snippets
> from his letters about his 'conquest' to this list, in any
> case.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Thomas Clayton
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Sun, 9/6/09, Arthur Menu <menu at islandnet.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Arthur Menu <menu at islandnet.com>
> >> Subject: [Discussion] can you recommend a laptop?
> >> To: "Phoenix OS/2 Society Mailing List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> >> Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 6:35 PM
> >> Hi everyone,
> >> 
> >> I will be buying a new laptop computer this week
> and I
> >> wondered if list members might give me some advice
> about
> >> which brand and model of laptop to buy. I want a
> computer
> >> that (a) is among the best, if not the best, in
> quality, and
> >> (b) will allow eCS to be installed.
> >> 
> >> I would use it for business applications, not game
> playing.
> >> It used to be that Thinkpads were the laptop of
> choice for
> >> os/2 users, but I don't know if that is still the
> case.
> >> 
> >> Thanks for any help you can provide!
> >> 
> >> Arthur
> >> 
> >> -- --
> >> Arthur Menu, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
> > 
> Dear Thomas,
> 
> You are obviously a prudent shopper! In my case, however,
> the situation is that my wife will mostly use the laptop
> (the one she was using needs replacement), and she will be
> working in Windows XP. The eCS compatibility is in case I
> want to use eCS on the laptop, but I can wait for eCS 2 or
> an even later version, when ACPI and other issues are
> resolved. My wife needs the laptop soon for her work, and so
> I am forced to act quickly. Fortunately I have received good
> advice especially on the eCS-tech list, and feel reasonably
> confident about making a good choice.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Arthur
> 
> -- --
> Arthur Menu, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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