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    reliability

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Clutch, Jul 25, 2008.

  1. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    When people say sagers are good/dependible. Is that in they work right out of the box or they last a long time?
     
    Clutch, Jul 25, 2008
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  2. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    both ---------------
     
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  3. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    Thinkpad/IBM reliability? Same caliber?
     
    Clutch, Jul 25, 2008
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  4. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    not sure about the T60-series, but definitely not as great as my T43p, on both material used and architecture. Still top notch compare to others tho.
     
    Nirvana, Jul 25, 2008
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  5. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    I have had my Clevo for about 2.5 years now.... still going strong.

    "If you take care of your notebook, it will take care of you." -Gophn
     
    Gophn, Jul 25, 2008
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  6. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    How can you quote yourself?

    Duel personalities? lol
     
    Clutch, Jul 25, 2008
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  7. NameInsert

    NameInsert Notebook Consultant

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    The old school 'IBM' thinkpads are still, in my opinion, unmatched on the whole. A sager/clevo/compal will be more reliable and durable than most machines on the market today but in my opinion the IBMs/Thinkpads of yesteryear were in a league all their own.

    You could pick one up and hold it in your hands, and just know that it would 'never' break.
     
    NameInsert, Jul 25, 2008
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  8. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Sometimes it feels that way... :twitcy:
     
    Gophn, Jul 26, 2008
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  9. JoeNewberry

    JoeNewberry Notebook Evangelist

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    I would say both as well. I spoke to a customer just the other day who made his first call for support six years after purchasing his Sager, and only because he needed help installing drivers. To paraphrase Gophn, you will get out of your notebook what you put into it. So if you take care of it, it should last a long time.

    As for what's the most reliable, I still use my Zenith Supersport 286, which is now 21 years old, for occasional textfile reading and DOS gaming. It's built double-tough.
     
    JoeNewberry, Jul 26, 2008
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  10. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    It's very well built and reliable.
     
    The_Observer, Jul 26, 2008
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  11. mickyv33

    mickyv33 Notebook Geek

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    What is that thing? :eek:

    I bet that things so old that they had to resurrect it from a fossilised nerd... kinda like in jurrasic park.
    nah man im just kidding but fair play for taking such good care of it al this time
     
    mickyv33, Jul 26, 2008
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  12. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sweeet! I wish I hadn't been so callous in my youth and so casually discarded my old computers. Not the least, I wish I still had my first, an Atari 800 with - hold your breath - 48K RAM (that was pretty bad-a$$ back then, given that 64K was max). That was the first system I actually learned to do a little assembly on (I needed a graphic routine that redrew objects faster than the BASIC interpreter did).

    Then, of course, there's the old IBM PC-luggable (that, at least, would have made a good doorstop).
     
    Shyster1, Jul 26, 2008
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