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Robert Dewar wrote: > <<FUD?!?!? FUD?!?!? That was unkind! ;-) > > Seems quite fair, FUD = Fear-Uncertainty-[and]-Doubt > > typically referring to spreading rumours about products based on groundless > fears. Seems quite appropriate in this case, since you persist: > > <<I know it's convenient. However, latches break, and I'm concerned about > that in this case. The President of HSAnet has one and I've messed with > it. It's certainly convenient, but I still remember those batteries > flying out the front of the early Thinkpad 700s... > >> > > So, my advice to others is: this *is* indeed FUD, and the design of the > Thinkpad in this respect is far superior to any other notebook I have > used (and I have used a lot of notebooks). > > In particular it is far better than the ludicrous under-the-keyboard design > of earlier TP's, and it is also better than other laptops with slide in > components that are not well enough locked (all the Tecras I have used > suffer from slipping out batteries sometimes). I *like* the "ludicrous under-the-keyboard design"! Perhaps you don't put your notebooks through what I do on a day-to-day basis. Perhaps you've not had the problems I have had in the past. Perhaps you don't doubt the logevity as I do since you may change models more often than I. I have used the 770 a bit, and it seems a nice design. I still think that we have yet to see how the latches they have used hold up to hard use. I would probably buy a 770 anyway. I just wanted to say that *I* _personally_ am a bit nervous about that single part of the design. I recognize that it's an emotional response on my part, but I don't see any reason to not mention it or to merely label it FUD as you have done. I don't have a problem suggesting/recommending the 770 to people, however. I just think that it's worth my commenting on my nervousness about this. I have been carrying Thinkpads since the first one was available in the very early 90s, so I think I have some experience from which to speak. -- Steve Hultquist, Chief Technology Officer HSAnet providing high-speed Internet access Boulder, Colorado mailto:ssh@HSAnet.net +1.303.581.0800 http://www.HSAnet.net/