- Jul 9, 2003
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Hi,
I recently sold my 12" 867 mhz powerbook that I bought from amazon for around $1200 or so and the reason why is because I have to run some engineering apps on a windows machine, so I bought a $1900 IBM T41 after EBaying the powerbook. The IBM is a great machine but, as a $1900 laptop, it squeaks way too much. The palm rest squeaks and part of the other chassis squeaks as well. I do make some money working at sears commission, but for $1900 i don't think anyone can justify having this kind of build quality issue. The screen is constructed very well but the plastic around the keyboard squeaks way too much. Could be that I'm spoiled from the solid design of the powerbook but I'm leaning towards getting a 15.2" widescreen powerbook and try to run Virtual PC on it whenever I do need to use windows. I don't think I need windows that much and besides, I do have a desktop pc. I can get the 15.2" 1.25ghz for $2199 at my school (UCSD), so I'm wondering if anyone can give me any feedback before I ebay this T41.
I recently sold my 12" 867 mhz powerbook that I bought from amazon for around $1200 or so and the reason why is because I have to run some engineering apps on a windows machine, so I bought a $1900 IBM T41 after EBaying the powerbook. The IBM is a great machine but, as a $1900 laptop, it squeaks way too much. The palm rest squeaks and part of the other chassis squeaks as well. I do make some money working at sears commission, but for $1900 i don't think anyone can justify having this kind of build quality issue. The screen is constructed very well but the plastic around the keyboard squeaks way too much. Could be that I'm spoiled from the solid design of the powerbook but I'm leaning towards getting a 15.2" widescreen powerbook and try to run Virtual PC on it whenever I do need to use windows. I don't think I need windows that much and besides, I do have a desktop pc. I can get the 15.2" 1.25ghz for $2199 at my school (UCSD), so I'm wondering if anyone can give me any feedback before I ebay this T41.