[rescue] iBasketcase

[Monty Walls]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:43:18 -0500
Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Bill Bradford wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:08:32AM -0500, Aaron Finley wrote:
> >> When a brand new dual Core2 T61 can be had for around $700, with 
> >> someone's EPP discount and their PayPal/special of the week, why bother?
> > 
> > Because it's not a Mac! 8-)
>
 
People keep talking about the EPP discount, so what's that for the
ignorant (me).  My wife's a long time thinkpad addict, and is going
to start shopping another one soon :).

	-Monty.

> Honestly, if I was going to spend the $700+ on a laptop, I'd sooner have 
> the T61.  I'll fix this TiBook if I can, but the truth is I don't like 
> Macs and never really have.  The hardware's usually OK, it's the 
> interface metaphors of the OS that drive me buggy.
> 
> 
> -- 
>    Phil Stracchino, CDK#2         ICBM: 43.5607, -71.355
>    Renaissance Man, Unix ronin, Perl hacker, Free Stater
>    alaric at caerllewys.net            alaric at metrocast.net
>            It's not the years, it's the mileage.
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