13-05-2005 02:20									#1
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http://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/thinkpad/c...ends/index.html

I'd like to see a PowerBook survive that.

	13-05-2005 02:26									#2
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I'll have to try that with my laptop. Threw it at somebody, quite forcefully, and it didn't seem to suffer at all. Not tried putting it under a truck yet though.

	13-05-2005 02:59									#3
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Man, the guy leaving his laptop behind a wheel of his truck, that can't be real... What a moron! Thinkpads sure are more rugged than most laptops on the market, except the really rugged ones, like those Panasonic waterproof "toughbooks" that are built like tanks. I still think that buying a Thinkpad is, for most people, throwing money away.

	13-05-2005 03:12									#4
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No! And thats why I have 3 year CompleteCare

	13-05-2005 04:01									#5
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quote: Originally posted by nostromo Man, the guy leaving his laptop behind a wheel of his truck, that can't be real... What a moron! Thinkpads sure are more rugged than most laptops on the market, except the really rugged ones, like those Panasonic waterproof "toughbooks" that are built like tanks. I still think that buying a Thinkpad is, for most people, throwing money away.

One of the women at work did that once too (drive over the laptop).

She had to get the screen replaced (the LCD was cracked), but otherwise it worked (even the keyboard).

	13-05-2005 04:10									#6
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quote: Originally posted by laurentius No! And thats why I have 3 year CompleteCare

Only 3 years?

IBM offers 5.

And check the CompleteCare fine print. I guarantee you it doesn't include protection against things like fire.

	13-05-2005 04:18									#7
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quote: I'd like to see a PowerBook survive that.

my powerbook survived a fire. i live on the fifth floor and there was a fire, i barely had time to throw it out the window before saving myself. in the chaos, it got soaked in water from the firehoses and run over by a 2 ton fire truck, you know, the extra long ones with the dude in the back who also drives?

anyways, i booted it up a few days later, and it worked like a charm. nothing wrong with it at all.

although all the gay porn was gone tho.

	13-05-2005 04:27									#8
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You would fit right in with Apple's marketing department.

All you gotta do now is claim your PowerBook is 100x faster than any other laptop, ever.

	13-05-2005 04:34									#9
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which it is. i grab my laptop, put it under my arm, and finish the race 100 times faster then the out of shape fat-ass chain smoking - twinkie eating -coke guzzling IT tech from IBM or any other tech firm.

	13-05-2005 05:13									#10
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quote: One of the women at work did that once too (drive over the laptop).

	13-05-2005 05:15									#11
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What can I say, it was a woman writer. She's 0 for 2.

	13-05-2005 05:20									#12
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When I was at the dentist with my powerbook, a stampede of wilderbeest had escaped from the local zoo and were charging into the dental surgery. I quickly programmed the powerbook to shoot lasers out to kill the charging beasts, but then I dropped it into a large vat of mouthwash, and the laser stopped working. Luckily I was able to knock the last three of them unconscious with the powerbook, and then was still able to connect to the internet to email the zoo and the police.

	13-05-2005 05:21									#13
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Even in your stories, you don't get laid.

	13-05-2005 05:35									#14
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Can the stinkpad run OS X?

No.

Case closed.

	13-05-2005 05:46									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Can the stinkpad run OS X? No. Case closed.

Yep, that means it is far suprior to Macs .

	13-05-2005 05:48									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon Can the stinkpad run OS X? No. Case closed.

It wouldn't be surprised if it ran OS X faster than your average Mac laptop through an emulator.

That's how much better their CPUs are to the Apple ones.

	13-05-2005 05:51									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Even in your stories, you don't get laid.

In a story involving wilderbeest, I count this a good thing.

	13-05-2005 05:51									#18
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quote: OS X

Operating System... Xcrement?

	13-05-2005 05:52									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat In a story involving wilderbeest, I count this a good thing.

When you're trying to make an intelligently random story, it helps to spell things correctly.

wildebeest.

	13-05-2005 07:07									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov Operating System... Xcrement?

The rest of us can stop trying now, I guess, for this is the cleverest thing that will ever be written.

	13-05-2005 07:19									#21
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Yeah, even by Asher's standards this is pretty lame. I guess it must be Tiger envy.

	13-05-2005 07:21									#22
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Nothing to envy about an incompatible, buggy OS with questionable interface design and poorly designed security-risk-prone software, whose new features amount of things I already use on my PC.

	13-05-2005 07:24									#23
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You're obviously severely pissed about the whole thing or you wouldn't be trying such lame trolls.

Have fun with your 4 year old piece of ****.

	13-05-2005 07:25									#24
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I hate laptops. Keyboards are too small. But if I got one, IBM would be what I get.

	13-05-2005 07:47									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Agathon You're obviously severely pissed about the whole thing or you wouldn't be trying such lame trolls. Have fun with your 4 year old piece of ****.

Yes, I'm severely pissed about Tiger.

Because clearly a $129 service-pack of an operating system has f*ck-all to do with build quality of hardware.

	13-05-2005 08:47									#26
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Better buy a used Thinkpad then. Who knows what the new Lenov...er Thinkpads will be able to handle.

	13-05-2005 08:53									#27
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Lenovo has physically made the ThinkPads for years.

	13-05-2005 09:06									#28
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my dad's can.



I got him a thinkpad.

	13-05-2005 09:33									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia my powerbook survived a fire. i live on the fifth floor and there was a fire, i barely had time to throw it out the window before saving myself. in the chaos, it got soaked in water from the firehoses and run over by a 2 ton fire truck, you know, the extra long ones with the dude in the back who also drives? anyways, i booted it up a few days later, and it worked like a charm. nothing wrong with it at all. although all the gay porn was gone tho.

Obviously the firemen stole it.

	13-05-2005 11:09									#30
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I thought IBM sold off it's computer business to Legend/Lenovo.