Strongly agree there. I have seen a lot of dead Vaio
laptops - and
 Dells and HPs and so on - but very few dead Thinkpads. They are tough
 and they last.
 But, they cost... 
    I've only bought ONE new notebook (it was an acer, and I sold it 2
months later). I see no why not to use old notebooks. My T60 is great!