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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8sOO-8LP4E]]>Feb 23rd 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Mar 23rd 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/I am on my 3rd thinkpad... my first laptop was a Dell. ]]>Feb 23rd 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/I have a ThinkPad 600E with 97MB of Ram I just put Windows XP SP3 on. Runs perfectly and the case is still very sturdy and new looking. It really is rugged. I'm thinking up upgrading the drive to a 32GB SSD for $100 (NewEgg.com) to make it even more rugged :).

The 600E was build in 1998.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/
I think there is some solid competition for Lenovo from Dell's new e6x00 series latitudes, but otherwise, the ThinkPad stands alone, in my opinion.

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The reason I ask those questions is we see a lot of companies rate systems outside what the components are speced to and they use screening tests in manufacturing to 'prove' that they work. I am not saying this is not a great laptop, I am sure it is and I am glad to get some insight on how Lenovo specs and tests their products.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/
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Anyway, since when does engadget run infomercials?]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/
Those aren't infomercials, those are virtual blow
Jobs...yes the word is capitalized. ]]>Feb 23rd 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/
Apple gets more airplay here than any other brand by an order of magnitude. And when Engadget isn't reporting on Apple related things, they're posting the most negative things they can find on anything PC/Microsoft/Windows related. And when they can't even do that - they post positive things and add in snarky (and usually completely stupid and inappropriate) comments about said non-Apple product.

It's actually been really weird with the (relatively) positive reaction Windows 7 has been getting.

But you know - most Mac fans - Uncontrol being the obvious exception here - will lump all PC laptops from the dozens of PC manufacturers into one group - judge them by the worst possible examples they can find and conclude ALL PCs are crap. It would be nice to compare Macs to, say, ThinkPads or Voodoo Envies and see how well the comparison runs. :)

Then again, there's always the Pippin.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 24th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/
There are a lot of nice looking laptops available. But I'll stick with my Thinkpads.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/
IME, the original IBM designed and built ones were the best, I had a few and still have a very old 380ED, very solid!

Since the Lenovo take-over it's only the more expensive models which still live (mostly) up to the build quality.

Lets face it, they must have cost IBM too much to make, and people didn't change them too often because they were well made, the market was too competitive, so they sold it on to Lenovo who reckoned on being able to make them cheaper and more profitably. It's a tough proposition, the fine balance between over-engineering something which only needs to last three years till obsolescence and costing too much.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/thinkpads-pass-the-tough-test-but-dont-call-em-rugged/Feb 23rd 2009 7:46PM