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  1. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    mmm... I remember an "incident" with my parents' XD Falcon station wagon back when I was living at home while still in school. Oil sensor failed and leaked oil rather rapidly while I was on my way back from a BBQ out in the mallee. Managed to limp back into town with the engine making...
  2. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    Yup, I know what you mean. Get plenty of ear-bashing from customers (which is why I prefer working channels rather than customers :D ). It's something we've been hearing a lot about in recent years internally in the software group - customer satisfaction, delivery completeness, solution...
  3. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    IBM ThinkPad G40 23885BM 3.0GHz Pentium 4, WinXP Pro, 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD, 15" 1400x1050 LCD, CDRW/DVD combo, 10/100 ethernet, 802.11b WiFi wireless $2999 list price. If you want that 60GB HDD with the Dell, you'd better order within the next 30 mins - the offer for the larger HDD...
  4. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    I use and recommend IBM ThinkPads and IBM ThinkVision LCD Monitors - that's about as far as my personal recommendations go with IBM. I make no comments whatsoever about IT services. We have some really good software now - but given that I work with that stuff and don't use it as a customer...
  5. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    Even with the smiley, Dave, I do take offence at the suggestion that I am only recommending IBM laptops because I work for IBM. The only loyalty I feel towards any company is based on how good their products and services are. I've been using IBM ThinkPads for over 8 years now (been working...
  6. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    Love my "phonemonally reliable" (as you put it) 9 year old Daihatsu Charade as well - except we only have about 90k on the clock :D Great little cars hey ? I've started running mine on Premium Unleaded. Given that we only fill it up about once every 2 months - it doesn't cost that much...
  7. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    Not terribly much for the average user... but there are a couple of things... - battery life of about 9 hours or so - ultra light weight (around 2kg) - 1400x1050 14" screen (very sharp !) - very strong light chassis (Titanium) - 512MB standard RAM But for the average user the top of...
  8. Sim

    Tricks of The Rich and Infamous

    Like previously said... the only reason I see for leasing a laptop is purely a cashflow one - and only then if you really really have a cashflow problem, in which case why are you buying new equipment anyway ? You can buy really good and powerful laptops for only a couple of grand now - and...
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