which thinkpad-Notebook is as robust as the TP 410/ 520

[Demanding Truth]

dhubs:

You seem to be very big on IBM notebooks.. You've mentioned them a few times with a lot of positiveness about them... I have ten of them in the stack of notebooks floor to touching the ceiling.. I haven't gotten one working yet.. Generally I jump at the big screen thin profile Dell's and Toshiba's.. Trying to find IBM power supplies at garage sales ain't easy, but I have a few for older IBM's in a box of odd power supplies, but the power supplies for the newest ones are almost impossible to find cheap scrapped at the dump or garage sales, and nothing else works in them.. I always check boxes of garage sale cables for odd rare power supplies.. I hoped those who retired these cutie IBM's would be tossing out their boxes of cables and wires collections by selling them at garage sales, but no luck yet... Each IBM model seems to have a different power supply connector.. Are there any universal IBM power cord connectors..?

Can you tell us a few of the details about them...

They sure are thin slim design and lightweight, is a big plus..
Do the batteries give long play time, like when going to the library..?
Why do you like them compared to a top-end Dell and Toshiba media notebooks..?
Do any models have a lit keyboard..?
Are they fast and snappy..?
Which models are the best models..?
Which models should I give to the recycler without wasting any time on.?
Are they easy to run Linux in..?
Do they have any silly problems..?
What shouldn't we do with them..?
What should we do with them..?
Are they any good for pix and video editing..?
Do they have good audio systems..?
Are they good for music listening..?
Will they take a preloaded Linux hard drive..?
Can you take a loaded Linux hard drive from one, and install it in another, and it work like you can with Dell's and Toshiba's..?
Is it easy to switch hard drives..?
Are they fragile..? Can they take a few bumps while on without dying..?
Do they quick download and upload large back-up files to and from external hard drives configured in Fat..
How much RAM can they hold..?
Are the screens dull, or bright and crisp..?
Does Fn and F's work in them properly..?
Can you attach a keyboard and mouse to them..?
Is the fan silent..?
Which Linux OS's work best in them..?
How do you upgrade the bios in them..?
Does IBM give you any flack and bullying like apple and microsoft does..?
Is there any malware in the motherboard chips..?
Do they have any engineered timed pre-obseletion transistors in them..
Do they run hot..?


I always connect my Logitech ball mouse to every notebook I'm running, and sometimes I might add a top-quality slim low profile keys keyboard.. I plug them into USB.. I read that remotes are a little bit unhealthy to use a lot, so I boycott them.. I toss them in the garbage by the hundreds, but I'm still getting a bit of radiation from the wireless notebook.. I try to minimize the electronic radiation my body gets.. In my 70's I still invent something new every few days, but I don't bother documenting any of it anymore because humanity doesn't want any new stuff, they are content living in their dark ages... I could set them up 1500 years ahead, and defeat their impending extinction, but they don't want any of it... They label me 'delusional old man, when I see all the science in this universe, when all they can see is their screens and feet...

I'm looking forward to trying out IBM notebooks given that you have so much good to say about them...

I can't stand bludy mouse pads.. I use the marble mouse for everything.. I place down four narrow long layers of fine soft polar fleece cloth a bit longer than my forearm, and set the marble mouse on the end of it right beside the notebook, with my whole forearm resting super comfortable on the thick cloth.. I never ever experience mouse to wrist fatigue nor aches this way.. You operate the mouse with thumb and two relaxed fingers only.. I highly recommend it.. You can get Logitech marble mouses cheap from a few sellers in earbay, umuzon, and those various other garbage selling websites like 'junk are us', and 'dump galore'... But I don't ever buy on the internet.. I don't trust the internet, not in the slightest.. The three cheap items I bought 20-years ago on the internet were faulty.. Never again!.. An ancient First Nations Native saying goes: Cheat me once. Shame on you.. Cheat me twice. Shame on me... I don't like the modern world, it sucks and stinks.. It's like a crocodile sneaking up on a tired gazelle drinking at the shore.. The Web doesn't have any scruples, manners, love, nor morals what so ever.. All it knows is delusion, greed, crime, lie, steal, scam, and con, and now WW3 is creeping and slithering into it... I don't know how you could be sure your getting a working marble mouse if you buy on the web.. If you're lucky you might get one for about $20..? I got my three from garage sales for a dollar each.. One is for parts.. You can't buy replacement parts anywhere.. I tried...
Do so get a trackman marble mouse..

trackballmouse.org/logitech-trackman-marble/

That's the only one to get.. All the others are just thht... I tried them all.. I got every type from garage sales and the dump.. All the others are most definitely crap...

Yikers! They're now up to $200 new.. I bought my first one at a computer repair shop for $28 new.. It lasted 22-years, then a couple of the tiny micro switches inside wore-out.. I can replace them from the garage sale parts-one if I ever need to...
Do so get a used one, or put a list of used things you want in a want-ad in a newspaper, and on all the school and institution bulletin boards you can find.. I never ever had any luck with earbay and umuzun want ads.. But people are definitely getting rid of their notebooks and computers.. Now everything is cellphones for most.. Heck! They live their whole sorry lives on those silly things.. I bet some even sleep with them in their mouths, or wedged in their secret special places.. If the internet went off line, probably a 100-million would suddenly mess their silken pravda's, then fall down daid with their mouths wide open, and their eyes a bulging in frozen shock and horror...

Someone who prefers short simple one liner posts accused me of 'making too long posts'.. Who me..? I would Never do that...