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Replacing a Thinkpad?
An anonymous reader writes "As a very happy Thinkpad T20 user (still working after 7 years), I always planned on replacing it with another Thinkpad T-series. However, Thinkpads are now produced by Lenovo, a Chinese company, and I can't quite bear to buy Chinese while the Burmese military are shooting at monks with the Chinese Government as their biggest backer. Maybe this is silly, as whatever I buy is likely to be made (at least in part) in China... but still, what are my options for something as well built as the Thinkpad T-series?"
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I'd go with the T-1000. Those things are rugged as hell.
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I considered that option, but I work in a steel mill, so it wouldn't work for me.
While the Toughbooks may survive a drop into a vat of molten metal, I have on good authority that they don't take well to being dropped into a spinning dynamometer.
Buddy of mine who works for one of the "Big Three" had the Toughbook on the hood of a car on one of the dynos. Walked away from the laptop and the testing tech gunned the engine. Computer vibrated off the hood and went into the dyno's rollers.
My friend picked up all the pieces, put 'em in a box, went back to his desk, and called the HelpDesk and said: "There's something wrong with my laptop. It won't boot. It booted up fine this morning. I think you need to send someone out to take a look at it."
The look on the HelpDesk technician's face when he looked into the box is said to have been priceless.