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On Oct 19, 12:18pm, James Gramling wrote: > Subject: ibm 560 > I am considering the purchase of a 560, thw 133 Mhz model. I wonder if > anyone has any comments or information regarding this machine? In > particular, i'm interested in whether people have experienced problems with > the keyboard (i remember something some time ago about certain keys > sticking), or the trackpoint (the drift problem), and the overall quality of > the machine. One group member said something about the 560 being made of > different plastic than other tp's, and seeming less sturdy. Any comments > would be appreciated greatly. Thanks, > > Jim Gramling > >-- End of excerpt from James Gramling I've a 760ELD which has both the track point and keyboard problems you mentioned but can't say that about the 560 since I haven't use it. I'd look at the service and reliability ratings that PC Mags did for the notebooks review a couple months ago. Toshiba and Compaq machines were rated higher than IBM by users in the survey. IBM got an "average" which could mean 50% of the machines will require service. There's also a notebook torture test done by PC Weeks a few months ago if you're interested. John