Re: "True Thinkpad Folks" (was Re: Check sum errors)

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From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 23:07:00 EDT


We are all "true ThinkPad folks" if we have one. You are quite correct
that there
have been variously priced units in the past, just as now. That will be
true in the
future, as well.

I grow tired of what is essentially "digital bigotry".

We have more intelligent things to talk about.

--STeve Andre'

At 10:52 PM 7/5/00 -0400, Jim Biggerstaff wrote:
>That may be so, but I remain unilluminated as to how this makes "some of us"
>"True Thinkpad Folks". IBM has always produced several price/performance
>ranges in the lineup. As I recall both my 360C and my 560 were "one year
>warranty machines" - did the purchase of these machines, which gave great
>satisfaction, place me and others in the category of "Non-True Thinkpad
>Folk"?
>
>This may require clarification on a priority basis. I understand there are
>two new lines of modestly priced Thinkpads on the way, the 1200 and 1300
>series, and "some of us" will need to determine the "True Thinkpad Folkness"
>of the owners in order to avoid further confusion.
>
>jim


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