Reliable laptops around $1k?

[Roy S. Rapoport]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 03:46:21PM -0700, Michael T. Halligan wrote:
> I haven't used a laptop in years.. My experience has always been if it's
> not a thinkpad, it will be a piece of junk.. Barring Dell (who I refuse
> to give my business to), what kind of luck have people had within the
> past year in "around a thousand" laptops?  I need to get something for
> my wife, and it has to be pretty reliable, as well as light and having a
> good battery life.. and of course, must run linux well.  

I have two friends who recently got ThinkPad R-series laptops for in that
neighborhood.  They love them, with one or two minor caveats.

-roy