Computer for Inventor

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

A little background, RPI offers a Thinkpad package to incoming freshman every year. This past year we got the W500, the previous year was the T61p, and previous years were also from the T60 line.

Have a lot of your friends broken theirs? On the flip side of the coin, I've only seen someone have a hardware issue once (and it was a senior, so the laptop had been around for 4 years). 1276 also had a pair of Thinkpads donated in 2007 from the early 2000s, when one of our sponsors upgraded to new ones. They still worked great!

I was under the impression that Thinkpads had a reputation for being some of the hardiest laptops around. Is this not the case?

They are definitely physically durable, I'm just incredibly abusive The border for the LCD screen cracks pretty easily and the battery latch can get worn down. But the hardware is generally rock solid. My only issue was an electrical problem a few of my friends claimed they had before, static buildup or something.

anyway, get a W500 you'll love it, preferably at RPI with a gigantic warranty. I might go solid state on the drive once I can afford it.