I have created and a assist a tailor built corporate Linux we phone the "roll-out" for about eight years now at our business, in which I am the IT manager. We have been getting 2nd hand Thinkpads pretty much completely for a number of yrs now, preserving a whole lot of cash. These 7-8 12 months previous 2nd hand laptops are outlasting our 4 calendar year previous Dells that we purchased 1st hand.