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pHaestus · 04-03-2003, 11:59 AM

I am not so sure I agree with the "toshiba is top of the line" comment. My IBM Thinkpad T30 is an absolute joy to use (and this is an opinion after about 6 months of daily hardcore work on it), and the T30 has also been ranked as "best business notebook" by many magazines and sites. The drawback is, of course, price. My T30 was waaay out of your price range. There is no Toshiba that combines all the goodness of my T30 in a 5lb package

I have no floppy drive at all now (6 desktops and a notebook), but my notebook does have a cdrw so I can easily give people cd-rs.

For $1000, and considering you mainly want to code and surf and do general tasks, I would actually consider getting an iBook. If you put OSX on it then you have a BSD core for programming. They are I think $999 or less if you are a student. You should also check ebay for the factory direct sales of older model notebooks from Dell and IBM. It is possible to get a slightly older model new or refurbished notebook from the company with factory warranty in some cases.

For sheer cool factor, check out the Fujitsu P2000 as well. I think they are closer to $1500 but highly cool.

04-03-2003, 11:59 AM	#6
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	I am not so sure I agree with the "toshiba is top of the line" comment. My IBM Thinkpad T30 is an absolute joy to use (and this is an opinion after about 6 months of daily hardcore work on it), and the T30 has also been ranked as "best business notebook" by many magazines and sites. The drawback is, of course, price. My T30 was waaay out of your price range. There is no Toshiba that combines all the goodness of my T30 in a 5lb package I have no floppy drive at all now (6 desktops and a notebook), but my notebook does have a cdrw so I can easily give people cd-rs. For $1000, and considering you mainly want to code and surf and do general tasks, I would actually consider getting an iBook. If you put OSX on it then you have a BSD core for programming. They are I think $999 or less if you are a student. You should also check ebay for the factory direct sales of older model notebooks from Dell and IBM. It is possible to get a slightly older model new or refurbished notebook from the company with factory warranty in some cases. For sheer cool factor, check out the Fujitsu P2000 as well. I think they are closer to $1500 but highly cool.