<div dir="ltr"><div>I was willing to throw down cold, hard cash for that machine!<br><br></div>I never spilled anything into the keyboard but I did dribble pear juice into the mouse buttons on the second day I had it :-( Good pear, bad sticky button. wound up taking a brand new laptop apart by day 4 to get the sticky button cleaned up. Used some stiff paper that was barely damp to run under things and clean it up once I took out enough stuff to get to the buttons.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Dustin Strickland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com" target="_blank">dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm sure you had fun trying to talk them out of that laptop :P Did you<br>
get to find out if the Lenovo business laptops still have spill-proof<br>
keyboards?<br>
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:39:17 -0400<br>
Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> My work laptop was a W520, quad-core I7 with 16GB RAM, dual graphics<br>
> with 2GB on the NVidia and 1 on the Intel, 17" screen with a really<br>
> high pixel count (don't recall) and a 500G HD. It was also bought<br>
> with the extended battery that stuck out an extra 3/4 inch from the<br>
> rear but gave it a full on working lifespan of about 4 hours running<br>
> VPN, wireless, 2-3 VMs, firefox with a zillion tabs and dozens of<br>
> terminal windows tabbed plus 10-15 remmina tabbed windows open to<br>
> remote machines. I worked that thing hard and really tried to buy it<br>
> when I left IBM.<br>
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> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Dustin Strickland <<br>
> <a href="mailto:dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com">dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > I second Jim on this one, the W520 is the way to go. Those are some<br>
> > solid machines, though the T-series "equivalent" isn't bad. Most of<br>
> > the T520's have an i5, but some of them come with a dual-core i7(as<br>
> > do some of the W520's, though most are i7 quads). It's very<br>
> > uncommon for a T-series to have dedicated graphics, but I have seen<br>
> > configurations with an nVidia card. Correct me if I'm wrong, but<br>
> > don't the T520's have a max capacity of 8GB of RAM?<br>
> ><br>
> > Some eBay sellers will create custom listings if you message them<br>
> > asking for certain specs. I don't know if many do this with laptops,<br>
> > but I know there are plenty of people and companies who will make<br>
> > minor modifications to desktop machines if they have the parts on<br>
> > hand.<br>
> ><br>
> > On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:16:10 -0400<br>
> > Derek Atkins <<a href="mailto:warlord@MIT.EDU">warlord@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > I have a T520; it's pretty good.<br>
> > > I've got a T540p that should arrive in the next day.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > -derek<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > Look for a Lenovo Thinkpad W520. Do NOT get the 530 or the 510<br>
> > > > even though the 510 will work. It's crap compared to the 520.<br>
> > > > The 530 is brain dead and may be the first one designed by<br>
> > > > Lenovi. The 520 is a honking desktop replacement with dual<br>
> > > > graphics each with dedicated ram. Intel and an nvidia.<br>
> > > > Be prepared to drop a was on it. They started at $2600 new. The<br>
> > > > 510/530 started at $1500.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > On Jun 17, 2014 9:56 PM, "Ed Cashin" <<a href="mailto:ecashin@noserose.net">ecashin@noserose.net</a>><br>
> > > > wrote:<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Hi.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Does anyone know of an online place where I can build a used<br>
> > > > laptop and select Ubuntu as the pre-installed O.S.?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > There's thinkpenguin, which is pretty much exactly what I<br>
> > > > want, but it's for new systems and the selection is limited.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > This is the kind of system I have in mind, but it's hard to<br>
> > > > find all this in a used/refurbished state. It's pretty hit or<br>
> > > > miss, mostly miss, on eBay.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Intel i7 CPU<br>
> > > > 16 GB RAM<br>
> > > > 500 GB SSD<br>
> > > > 14" screen<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Ideally the graphics card would be programmable using<br>
> > > > Intel's GPU libraries, but I cannot remember whether their<br>
> > > > libraries are Linux-compatible.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Thanks!<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > --<br>
> > > > Ed Cashin <<a href="mailto:ecashin@noserose.net">ecashin@noserose.net</a>><br>
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