Read the flood of articles on or after Friday 12/3/04 regarding the fact IBM is close to selling off its personal computer business (to a Chinese company or perhaps Toshiba).
That would take the air out of the #2 notebook service IBM provides.
At this point, you may be better off getting an HP/Compaq, Dell, or Toshiba if you want a PC notebook or an Apple if you want to go that way (Sony is last in notebook service).
Through the IBM Employee Purchase Plan, I am currently looking at the following system:
IBM R51 (1836H9U)
1.6 GHz (Pentium M 725) 400 MHz 2MB
512K RAM
60 GB HD (4200 RPM)
CD-RW/DVD-ROM
15" SXGA (1400 x 1050)
32MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
MS Windows XP
Intel/PRO Wireless
The price for this is $1439.
This will be my only computer, and will be using it mostly for work, though having it for entertainment is a close 2nd.
I am a fan of the IBM build and engineering of Thinkpads, and have used one before. But it's hard to make a decision when I can see other decent laptop models for around the same price (and with more features).
Comments? Suggestions?

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