3000 series compared to the Thinkpad

I am wanting to buy a lappy for a friend and I was looking at an IBM as quality is a great issue. I've found one that is within budget and within specs, but I am not sure if it is great quality as it is a 3000 N series. Can anyone comment on this? To get a thinkpad with similar specs would cost about $300 more. Thanks.

EDIT: here is the link for the one I am thinking of buying -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146233

 

It is more akin to the Dell e1505 or HP dv6000. You might want to look at the R60 or the HP NX series if you would like something with better quality.

 

I recently helped a friend pick and setup the C200, the celeron m version and for the pice I thought it was pretty decent. Good keyboard and build, no flex or creaks. Certainly better than the budget Dell Inspirons and Acers Ive seen. Good budget laptop. But for roughly $200 more you can already get a T60.

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=3FD8C234713A440BA8062AAEBCA813BF

 

Well what about the R60 series of Thinkpad? I've configured one for the same prize as the newegg n100, but it has a Intel® Celeron® M Processor 420 (1.60GHz, 1MB L2, 533MHz FSB) instead. Is this a big drop from the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5500 (1.66GHz, 2MB L2, 667MHz FSB) [add $165.00]???
There is also the R60e which I configured same as the newegg N100 but it doesn't have bluetooth.