Hi,
I've used the newer Thinkpads. The high-end ones (like the T500) we used appeared every bit as well built as the older IBM ones. I understand from other people that the low end machines (The N-series?) aren't that good at all. 
Cheers,
Paul. 
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From: "Chris. Aubrey-Smith" <cas194@???>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 12:42:49 
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List<hampshire@???>
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] recommendation for durable linux laptop
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