While gateways, Dells, GRiDs and others would be good, I have a 4 yr old Toshi
that's never needed more than a battery and it's seen some rough use. It may be
that you've gotten a blemish or a used one that was treated badly before you got
it.
Jason Willgruber wrote:
> If you want something to last 100 years, DONT't leave a Toshiba. I've got
> one, and it won't even last one year without breaking. I've had it for
> three years, and it's been in the repair shop 10 times, all because of
> product defects.
>
> The best would probably be one of the new Gateway laptops (can't remember
> the model). It also has a magnesium housing.
> --
> -Jason Willgruber
> (roblwill_at_usaor.net)
> ICQ#: 1730318
> <http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
>
> Ya know - the people at GRiD seem to have had a good idea about the
> magnesium casing...It just didn't catch on quick enough.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 1:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Disasters and Recovery
>
> >On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:
> >
> >> One of the reasons I want to have a completely spec'd Pentium class
> >> computer is to create an archive that will survive a reasonable amount of
> >> time (100 years in a time capsule).
> >
> >Don't leave them a clunky desktop box, leave them something like a sleek
> >Toshiba Portege 3010 (3lb notebook in magnesium case) along with a solar
> >cell so they can fire the thing up when they pull it out of the capsule.
> >
> >Remove all batteries, of course.
> >
> >-- Doug
> >
> >
Received on Sun Jan 17 1999 - 17:32:51 GMT