If you want to shop IBM, here's the link to my EPP site:
IBM US Employee Purchase
Serial Number: 809019
Last Name: Harris
R-series: decent price, not that lightweight.
T-series: lightweight, slightly more expensive (look at 187186U)
G-series: desktop replacement, poor battery life, HEAVY
X-series: ultraportable (~3lbs) at expense of processor performance.
We offer 9-cell batteries for longer battery life which the competition doesn't offer. With Dell, the battery life sucks - expect a call at your one year anniversary from them asking if you need to buy a new battery. We top all of the Gartner studies for overall laptop quality. A T43 or T42 with a fingerprint reader is the bomb. You can also buy a license for Computrace. It's like Lojack for you PC in the event it is ever stolen. They guarantee to find it, or pay you up to $1000 back.
Discounts up to 30% or more on the site.
