>Friends who have X series thinkpads seem happy with them, I dont know what >the 3d is like offhand. I've used a number of laptops, and I would say >that IBMs are the best constructed by a long way. Even the expensive dells >are flimsy. Some Sonys are OK, but I dont know which ones. Hmm... The X uses centrino and I am reading nothing but bad things about centrino and linux...