[geeks] OT Question - workhorse laptop

[Nadine Miller]

On Dec 18, 2009, at 2:47 AM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
>
> My 4-year-old Fujitsu Lifebook continues to be dam'near perfect, as does my
> wife's ancient IBM Thinkpad A31.  I'd have another of either of those
brands
> in a second.  For that matter, I'd take a chance on another R100, since
they
> don't all seem to have the problem, and it's a super little machine.

While I liked the build quality of the Fujitsu portables I've had (tablet and
a Transmeta)--they were very well made, the thing that nixxed me buying any
more Fujitsu's is the lack of driver and BIOS updates.  You just cannot count
on using their machines long term.