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IBM Thinkpad X20 2660

I bought the X20 second hand some years ago as my first laptop... I was not disappointed despite its age! IBM certainly made their Thinkpads to last. Mine is 7 years old and has been bashed about more than I care to mention, yet it continues to work beautifully. Into the bargain you also get Cardbus, CompactFlash and 2 USB 1.1 slots. The hard disk is also housed in a very useful caddy which allows removal simply by sliding it out with no unscrewing required. Note that there is no floppy or CD/DVD drive but you can get a dock which will take them. The unit is tiny and can be lifted easily with one hand. The 12.1" screen is of excellent quality and offers good ...

IBM Thinkpad X30

starting to run a bit slowly. The major drawback is the lack of any disk or cd drive. I have found it nearly impossible to get new programs onto the Laptop or restore old ones following an inevitable virus. To my mind this is the near perfect internet surfing machine but not much good for anything else in todays world. The build quality is top notch and if you can find one around I would recomend it for keeping next to the sofa and using when watching TV ect (internet poker anyone?). It does not have a wireless capability built in but does have the necessary slot for it and works ...

IBM Thinkpad 600X

fact they were the pioneers of the industry with a sackful of awards under their belt to boot.This is my second Laptop. Before this I had a COMPAQ Armada 7400 Pentium II. IN Comparison I can say that the IBM is lightyears ahead of most of the other notebook companies. The IBM 600x is one of the slimmer laptops and is suitable for frequent travellers who want to use their machine in the huddled up seat of a plane, or while in a train or car. The first thing you notice about this baby is its size. Its really slim, not the slimmest but quite comfortable to carry around. Under this slim hood roars a P3 500Mhz CPU which is pretty good for handling complex office jobs and also ...