If I had money to buy a new lappy I'd get one of these:

Newegg.com - ASUS F50SV-X1 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T6400(2.00GHz) 16" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M - Laptops / Notebooks

 

saves you some coin buying a new anchor for your boat too. 6.3 lbs! your nuts are going to be little flat pancakes.

 

My first laptop was a Compaq portable. This sucker is smokin fast with its IBM 4.77 MHz processor and 128k of memory. It has dual 5 1/4" floppies, a 40k Hardcard (hardrive), and a Bitrate modem. And it only weighs in at a measly 28 pounds. Plus it will will run as long as your generator has gas in it. When I get Megasquirt I will use this machine to tune the Miata. As I know no one will even attempt to steal it, let alone be able to pick it up.

 

Sav you know you want one just like it

 

was it five thousand dollars or so?

 

Looks like it only does 802.11b. I need g.

:(

 

Rising from the dead. I absolutely loved the T400 I bought five (!!) years ago, but it's starting to show its age. Internal components are OK, I've upgraded what needed to be upgraded and fixed it a few times (new screen hinges, doing the cooling fan tomorrow), but the case itself is starting to come apart. Anyone have recent (within 12mos) experience with a Thinkpad that should make me look elsewhere, or should I just replace this with a new version of the same thing? Same budget, same requirements.

 

We use Lenovos exclusively where I work. X201, X220, X230, and most recently the X240. All are good, the X230 was the pinnacle in the line IMO but not sure you can get those anymore. The T series is of course going to be larger, heavier, have a CD drive. The components still seem very quality to me, and the Lenovo warranties are very good.

 

I just bought my 5th Toshiba Satellite L355-S7905 / L355-S7915. Bought the 1st one new and the next 4 used off Ebay. Fast enough for email, surfing, etc. I pay anywhere between $40 and $100 for them. Volume control is a thumb wheel on the front of the case. 17" screen. I use a freeware program to change my RT-CTRL to DEL. Two are running XP, two are running Win 8.1, one is running Mint (just installed it - can't give you much of a review on it).

 

Finally pulled the trigger on a new T440. Intel i5, 120gb SSD, 12gb RAM, 1600x900 screen, and Windows 7-64. New machine is two full pounds lighter than the old (!) and it's not even the thin/lightweight model. Cyber Monday deal, same price as the last one, ~$875+tax. See you all again in ~6 years.