Re: IBM Thinkpad A31p

Compared to the Sony 16 inches display with 1600X1200, how are they
compared to each other. Ive seen this Sony screen and I thought that
its just stunning. The the A31p display as good or even better than
the Sony?

The T40 seems quite of expensive right now since its new. I may
upgrade to that after two years but for now, the a31p seems quite
attractive since the price has been slashed quite a bit for a little
more than a couple of grand.

I am just concerned about reliability. I had enough with cheap
consumer laptops of compaq, toshiba, and sony. My dell M50 though
reliable is just not build as sturdy as I expect a laptop with that
pricetag to be. I do not think it will last longer than I want it to.
So before, it breaks, I have to get rid of it before it starts giving
problems. For a workstation class laptop, I couldnt find any better
deal than the A31p. There's the Fujitsu Celsius H which is also being
discounted heavily right now, but I am unfamiliar with the
reliability. I never had an IBM so I do not know about its quality
although I read a lot about its legendary support.

The most important to me is screen and keyboard and reliability. In
that order. I touchtype so a mediocre keyboard is a no no and that is
one of the reason I am getting rid of the Dell M50. Its just not what
I expected from a workstation class laptop. If the screen is as good
as the Sony, I think I am getting lucky. I may have found the perfect
laptop in the guise of a31p.



"Chip Orange" <> wrote in message news:<3ef8541e$>...
> It's absolutely great, except that my wife really does complain about the
> size and weight each time she has to carry it somewhere.
>
> You can get some models with the flexview display, and some without, and
> it's definitely worth getting the flexview (brighter display, can see it
> from a wide viewing angle). I believe the A31p only has flexview, but it's
> difficult determining which of the A31 models do and don't, and when I
> called, many of the IBM sales force had never even heard of the term
> "flexview", so they were no help. One of them insisted to me that IBM
> didn't use such a term, so I made him go to the web page for the A31p and
> read it aloud to me.
>
> One person finally said "I'll look into it and call you back" , and she did
> give me a definative sounding answer. She said any A series display with a
> resolution of 1400 or higher, and a size of 15" or higher, will be flexview.
>
>
> Chip
>
>
> "Wolverine" <> wrote in message
> news: m...
> > For users of IBM thinkpad a31p, how is the build quality, performance,
> > aesthetics of this product. I haven't seen one in person and I am
> > really interested in this workstation class laptop. Any known
> > problems, reliability issues of this laptop.
> >
> > TIA