[LAU] thinkapads (was: Apple hardware)

[rosea grammostola]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Monty Montgomery <xiphmont at gmail.com>wrote:

> Breaking in a brand new W701 here
> ... :-)
> It's sort of the anti-MacBook.
>
> On May 11, 2010 4:45 AM, "Luka Princic // Nova deViator" <nova at deviator.si>
> wrote:
>
> Jorge Salgueiro <jorge.salgueiro at gmail.com>:
>
> > I belive in thinkpads :D
>
> so do i.
>
> ...
>
> > I have a x41t thinkpad and its very silent. Don't know if it's as
> > silente as a macbook...
>
> > > I quite like Apple's hardware though. So far I had quite a lot of
> > > trouble with
> > > PCs for audio, mainly due to the noise produced by the mains
> > > adapters, which
> > > seems to work its way right down to even firewire sound cards,
> > > which is unacceptable for serious work. So what will be my next
> > > laptop ? Advice on noiseless laptops is much appreciated.
>
> integrated soundcard on my thinkpad T60p is quite silent.
> with ECHO Indigo IO in pcmcia slot i had good quality flawless
> lowlatency audio 2 I/O channels. no noise. Edirol FA-101 (10x10) with a
> PCI-Express fw card works without a glitch.
>
>
I'm searching for a relative cheapo Thinkpad. You got T60's for 250 euro
refurbished. They don't have firewire afaik...

Are there places where you can buy good (2nd hand) Thinkpads, which can be
shipped easily to The Netherlands?

Tips are welcome

\r
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