The university I work for (UNC-Chapel Hill) also requires students to buy laptops. The school has a deal with IBM wherein students and faculty get a good deal on the ThinkPad 600. These machines are plagued with problems, and the solution offered by IBM's on-campus support is most often a total restoration of the OS. Let's hope the new ThinkPads have performance to match their looks.
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The university I work for (UNC-Chapel Hill) also requires students to buy laptops. The school has a deal with IBM wherein students and faculty get a good deal on the ThinkPad 600. These machines are plagued with problems, and the solution offered by IBM's on-campus support is most often a total restoration of the OS. Let's hope the new ThinkPads have performance to match their looks.