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i prefer to buy thinkpads for plan 9 because of ibm's support for linux
on many of its systems, which might increase the chance of driving
most of the devices with plan 9.  (it's not completely straightforward
because S3 for instance provides its own driver for the graphics chip.)
the three buttons on board  are useful when i haven't space
to plug in a mouse, which hardly ever happens.

unfortunately, you probably need to wait for the sales because
they seem relatively expensive.  the sales bring the prices down to  near
normal levels.


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jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com says:
> Still using my Thinkpad 560, 133MHz Pentium. I am, however, thinking
> about upgrading it to a NEC Versa 6030X, also a 133MHz Pentium, but it
> has an XGA screen.

I upgraded my 560x to a T21 for the same reason (and for the extra mouse
button).  But I sometimes wish I hadn't, because the keyboard on the T21
doesn't feel nearly as good.

-- Richard

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