Ughhh my next thinkpad will have to be a used thinkpad

[mattdocs12345]

Looking at the newer thinkpads Im dissapointed at the lack of the third mouse button (the one right under the trackpoint). I also recently got ThinkpadX230 and the hinges are loose just after 9 months of use.
The only reason I've been buying thinkpads was because of the complete trackpoint experiance which includes that 3 mouse buttons below it. Loosing one of them pretty much doesn't give me any more incentive to buy anything new.
Im looking into buying a T60p and hopefully keep it working for years to come.

[Medessec]

The T60p is a good choice, it's a pretty solid Thinkpad. Although the T500/W500 would also suit you if you don't mind the widescreen form factor.

For now, Windows 7 and 8 run beautifully on the T60p and web content runs just fine, so you'll be fine with it.

[RealBlackStuff]

The T60 is nice, but unfortunately limited to 3GB RAM.
If you can live with that, fine.
If not, consider a Frankenpad, one of the wilder ones being this: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=108270

[ajkula66]

Actually, the wildest one would be found here:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=109360

[mattdocs12345]

The T60 is nice, but unfortunately limited to 3GB RAM.
If you can live with that, fine.
If not, consider a Frankenpad, the wildest one ever being this: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=108270

After tweaking Windows 7 it only uses 465mb of RAM. So it's not that bad and Im probably gonna stay with XP due to privacy concerns which uses even less than that.
This is what I need:
- traditional non-apple keyboard
- enough horsepower to play Netflix better yet HQ movies
- IPS screen
- strong hinges
- Windows XP