old thinkpads

[mailinglist-mi3mfHwaxRn2eFz/2MeuCQ at public.gmane.org (Brendan)]

On Saturday 14 November 2009, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 11/13/2009 10:02 PM, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> > T43 is a good machine.  T60 is a good machine as well.. you should do
> > well with it.  I have a T61 which is quite similar.  Solid as a rock
> > and runs Linux very nicely.  If you are going to load Linux on it,
> > feel free to holler if you have any problems.  I'm kind of a Thinkpad
> > aficionado
> 
> Unfortunately it is a business laptop and I am not permitted to load
> Linux on it. Fortunately, all the servers in the Boston office are
> Linux, and I bring my HP/Linux laptop in to work. However, our
> timesheet/expense program requires MSIE, but we are switching to a new
> HR program next month.

VMs were (seemingly) invented for just this situation.