well. I've always had great customer support (Dell has had a horrible
reputation and may still have as evidenced by a recent article in the New
York Times). But the features that I really like the best about the
ThinkPads are:
-- they have great, downloadable hardware manuals that (if you are not
adverse to tinkering with hardware) are excellent guides to replacing just
about every part -- disk drives, memory, keyboards, etc. Parts that are
easily field replaceable (FRU) are clearly marked. This feature alone
greatly reduces down time -- order the parts, they arrive overnight, and
thirty minutes or so later your user has his laptop again.
-- they are expandable via their docks with extra disk drives, etc.
-- a very good website for support in terms of drivers, manuals, etc.
Too bad you need a laptop with a dock because in my opinion the MacBook Pros
are great. Thanks to iFixit taking a MacBook apart and putting it back
together again is not that hard.
And I always prefer to max out memory (though memory chips are usually
cheaper from third-party vendors) and disk storage being sure to order the
fastest spindle speed available on the disk drive.
Regards,
Danton Chin
Former nine year Board of Education member
Founding chair of the Technology Committee
iOS Developer, author, and speaker
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>wrote:
> Personally I love Lenovo the best. They have solid bodies and the best
> service of any provider. Their T line is the best if you can afford it, but
> their Edge and their X100e are great too if you cannot afford the more
> costly T series. Stay away from other, consumer models.
>
> Renee Ramig
> Seven Hills School
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Campbell, Frank
> Sent: Mon 10/4/2010 4:36 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: PC Laptops
>
> They are both good units. The most important items are processor and ram.
> Look for the new I series from Intel and go with at least 4 GB ram.
>
> Frank Campbell
> Technology Support
> The Roxbury Latin School
> 617-325-4920 Ext 353
> Cell 617-653-5987
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:
> ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank Torrano
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:58 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: PC Laptops
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have any preferences on a PC Laptop? Dell or HP? What model?
> The CFO at the school runs mostly business applications and is looking for
> a
> docking laptop.
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Frank Torrano
> Technology, Cathedral School for Boys
> torrano@cathedralschool.net
> http://www.cathedralschool.net
> 415.614.5175
>
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