I don’t know if you remember me from your tenure at IDG. I handle PR and marketing at IDG Communications (Bob and the media BUs).

I wanted to catch you before you head off to Beijing. I visited China and attended an IDG meeting there four years ago. What a different and interesting country! Never been somewhere where English is very much in short supply. Should have a great time at the Olympics. I know Lenovo is doing a big promotional push for it.

I seek your notebook advice. My daughter is going for her MBA starting next month. She needs a new PC and wants a notebook that isn’t a boat anchor. She’ll need the basics: net access, MS Office, hopefully XP, etc. The T61 looks interesting. I read about it on lenovo.com, PC World, and Consumer Reports, along with the various purchase options. Is the T61 what you’d recommend? Lenovo.com seemed to have good prices, too.

Thank you for your advice.
Howie