From: Ellen K. 

While in the IT dept I was never assigned a permanent laptop but used
loaners on trips.  We have Gateways and Dells and I was surprised that I
actually found the Gateway easier to use than the Dell, plus it was
lighter.  I found the touchpad on the Dell oversensitive, when I had to use
it on the plane I had a terrible time controlling the cursor.

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:28:55 -0500, "Dave Ings"
 wrote in message :

>I've gone through about 4 ThinkPads now, abused them all over the world
>including several non-trivial tumbles onto the floor, and all have lived to
>tell the tale without breaking. However until recently my employer
>manufactured ThinkPads, so I'm not unbiased ...
>
>BTW while this concern may not apply to you (Ellen) but IMHO Dell makes some
>of the ugliest boxes ever manufactured. A couple of years ago I explained
>the pros and cons of PowerBook vs Dell vs ThinkPad to a non-technical female
>friend. She bought the Dell, mostly on price. She regretted it on the basis
>of appearance the second it arrived at her home, and she wished she had
>spent the extra money for the Apple.

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