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Well, frankly, I think the Linova(Thinkpad) T-series is probably about as good as it gets...I'd go with 1gig RAM(minimum) and I'd be more inclined to look towards a DVD-rw and the 170gig drives.
But, before you buy it, take a look at the linova TABLETS. I forget the model number off the top of my balding head right now, but the Linova tablet, with the extended battery is a really cool box...and tablet technology will give them some additional flexibility that the regular laptops wont..
I just did the iSeries tech conf completely on tablet ( was nice since they're one of the few conferences in which ALL of the speakers generally have all thier handouts on the CD before the conference...unlike COMMON...) and basically I didn't pickup a handout the whole time, and I have my notes, handouts, etc., all on my server/laptop and no pieces of paper to schlep around...(yes, I know a few speakers were late getting their handouts on the CD, but only a few)
Don in DC At 01:59 PM 5/24/2006 -0400, you wrote:
Gee, at my university in the MBA program they *give* us laptops (at least for the duration of the program). It's a Fujitsu Lifebook S series. It's small and lightweight. Believe me the weight is an issue when you're also lugging around books with it. I had a Dell Latitude at work for the past three years until the hard drive died a few weeks ago. It's huge and heavy compared to the Fujitsu. Both look a little skimpy on memory. 1GB would be better. The processor speeds both seem a little slow. I'm more in tune with desktops but for the money I would expect 2.5 - 3.0 GHz. Can you get your hands on them before you buy to see which has a look and feel that's more to your liking? If not through the school then go shop around at Best Buy, Circuit City, Comp USA, etc. and check out similar models there. Are they including any software? Mine has Office 2003. If not, you should be able to obtain it at the student discount rate. Dave Parnin -- Nishikawa Standard Company Topeka, IN 46571 daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I am going to be purchasing a laptop for graduate school and the school is offering a couple choices through them. I was wanting to know what you guys think. Here are the choices: IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T43 Intel Mobile Pentium M760 2.0 Ghz 512M RAM 60GB Hard Drive CDRW/DVD Combo Drive 64MB ATI Radeon X300 14.1-inch 1024X768 LCD Intel 802.11 a/b/g Wireless Integrated 56K modem and 1GB ethernet Secure Chip and Fingerprint Reader 6-cell Li-Ion Battery Windows XP Professional Three year Warranty/One year Battery 4.9 lbs $1,534.00 OR Dell Latitude D620 Intel® Core? Duo T2300 (1.66GHz) 667Mhz Dual Core Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2, with media Standard Touchpad 14.1 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel Internal English Keyboard Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 512MB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, 1 DIMM 60GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM No Floppy Drive Dell Wireless? 1390 802.11g Mini Card 24X CD-RW/DVD w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD? 6 Cell Primary Battery 3 Year Limited Warranty plus 3 Year NBD On-Site Service Weight unknown at this time. $1,133.00 What would you choose? I'm leaning toward the IBM mostly because of the brand name, but the Dell being $400 less is tempting, too. I've never owned a laptop before either so that's why I'm looking to see what you guys think. -Mike -- This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech. -- This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.
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