QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 26, 2006 -> 02:31 PM)
If you bought an IBM TP in the last 5 to 7 years, then you already had a Lenovo thinkpad. Lenovo was building them for IBM for years, they just recently broke off the business to the Lenovo name.
I'll say that IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads are the best laptops you can own for reliability, toughness and practicality. They may not be as flashy as a Vaio, but in every other way, ThinkPads are the way to go. You do pay for that, though - they aren't the cheapest.
What I would really like to get now is one of those Panasonic Toughbook laptops that can be used in a downpour, at high altitude, below freezing, can be dropped 6 feet, etc., and has something like a 15 hour battery. Cool stuff.
thanks
I agree. Thinkpads are the best
(although Toughbooks seem pratical)