Just wanted to add my support for the Thinkpad option. I've extensively used both a T40 and several Dell D600/D620 systems, and the T40 won hands down for stability and quality control. I fried a system board in it one time playing too much World of Warcraft, but that is another story. The heat pipe wasn't designed for constant high GPU utilisation, and eventually it toasted the video chipset.
I'm only using a Dell now because I had the option of switching to a dual core system, which the T40 wasn't.
Eric
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