Since I just quit my job, I gave up my Lenovo R400 laptop. It was a very plain basic business laptop, but with the extended battery, plus the DVD-drive-battery, it would go 6+ hours on a charge, it was very rugged, and well, it was rugged and the battery lasted a long time. The keyboard was decent as well.
So I guess I need to buy myself a laptop, but all the cheap models just seem really cheap and plasticky and have lame keyboards. I don't even know where to shop to find a 3-year-old R400, though.
I get really insecure with consumer electronics because the models change so much and so often that it seems like there is no safe purchase. You just kind of have to go to the store with a budget in mind and pick something out...or get an Apple, which is I think 90% of why people buy those things...it feels like you are buying something definite. I see that you can buy old Macbooks on ebay for $400ish...do they run Linux?
