[ltp] T60 Preview (No!!!! Not Windows Buttons!!! Take Them Away!!!!)
The Maxx
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:35:18 -0300
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That was deep... and painful.
Max
Chile
On 1/9/06, Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>
> > Now I am glad that I bought one of the last thinkpads designed by ibm..=
.
> > It seems to be the beginning of a long friendship with my R50e.
> > f*ck lenovo. They really know how to spoil those poor thinkpads... :'-(
>
>
>
> I would like to invite to take a more mature point of view. The spoil is
> on the IBM side, as that firm turned it's PC department included the
> the Thinkpads into a high loss department.
>
> As I told already before, remember the PS/2, the IBM proprinter, the IBM
> hard disk (remember too, the HD was invented by IBM), OS/2, the famous
> IBM keyboard, Lotus Smartsuite (giving it's death rattle now].
>
> We better face it. The TP era is over and we are the last of a kind. And
> other than that, when the deal with IBM will be expired, Lenovo laptops
> (Thinkpad) will be as any other laptop: a device stuffed with gadgets,
> forcing you to purchase every 3/4 years a new one coz important parts
> (such as the battery) won't be available anymore.
>
> And, as you all sure have seen now, it has already started. Final death
> easely can be forseen 4.5 years from now. (((-:
> --
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
>
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The Maxx
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That was deep... and painful.<br>Max<br>Chile<br><div><span class=3D"gmail_=
quote">On 1/9/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Kris Steenhaut</b> <<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:kris.steenhaut@hccnet.nl">kris.steenhaut@hccnet.nl</a>> wr=
ote:
</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rg=
b(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> Now I=
am glad that I bought one of the last thinkpads designed by ibm...<br>>=
It seems to be the beginning of a long friendship with my R50e.
<br>> f*ck lenovo. They really know how to spoil those poor thinkpads...=
:'-(<br><br><br><br>I would like to invite to take a more mature point of =
view. The spoil is<br>on the IBM side, as that firm turned it's PC departme=
nt included the
<br>the Thinkpads into a high loss department.<br><br>As I told =
already before, remember the PS/2, the IBM proprinter, the IBM<br>hard disk=
(remember too, the HD was invented by IBM), OS/2, the famous<br>IBM keyboa=
rd, Lotus Smartsuite (giving it's death rattle now].
<br><br>We better face it. The TP era is over and we are the last of a kind=
. And<br>other than that, when the deal with IBM will be expired, Lenovo la=
ptops<br>(Thinkpad) will be as any other laptop: a device stuffed with gadg=
ets,
<br>forcing you to purchase every 3/4 years a new one coz important parts<b=
r>(such as the battery) won't be available anymore.<br><br>And, as you all =
sure have seen now, it has already started. Final death<br>easely can be fo=
rseen=20
4.5 years from now. (((-:<br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home pag=
e is at:<br><a href=3D"http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/l=
inux-thinkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thi=
nkpad
</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>The Maxx
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