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Posted by Charlie Hoffpauir on January 28, 2008, 11:30 pm
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>> The T61 is considered a 'business class' notebook. So I think you are
>> paying for stuff like hard disk resilience, shork absorber capability
>> surrounding the hard disk, etc. And usually they sell T61s to the
>> corporate crowd, so that could be another reason.
>
>Well, according to the data sheets, both models come with shock
>proofing:
>This is what is written about the R61:
>"shock-mounted hard drive, magnesium-alloy roll cage, new top-cover roll
>cage"
>and this about T61:
>"new top-cover roll cage, shock-mounted hard drive" -- no word about
>magnesium alloy.
>So I don't really see any major advantage here for T61 at all. I figure
>it must be something else, maybe just marketing hype to the "suits"?
>
>Rudy
Rudy,
I don't know about now, but back when IBM was still selling the R's
and T's, one difference was the length of the warranty, 3 years for
the T models, and one year for the R models.
--
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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