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I sent one daughter to school with a Thinkpad T22 three years ago.2nd is going this fall, and she already has a Thinkpad G41 that meets the specs (she likes The Sims and it requires a heavy duty graphics card, something many laptops lack). Both use OpenOffice, which is free www.openoffice.org which was recommended by the university with the spec sheet, and has all the needed tools to do assignments.
The wireless is a must (802.11 b/g) as well as ethernet. Lots of disk and memory - much more than the minimum.And don't even dream of downloading anything illegal thru the university network - they are all watching and reporting... I personally have a Thinkpad, after years of hating the Dell Inspiron 8000 (heavy duty in it's day) an employer provided. Keyboard problems, upgrade compatibility problems, mouse problems, bios problems.... I'd go for a one generation old but new Thinkpad before a latest gen cheaper Dell,
and then get at least a few years svc plan.Remove all the demo software on the machine - they all want to phone home....
jim franz----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Jacobsen" <MJacobsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Laptop choice Thanks for the links. I'll do some more research later tonight and check those out again. I am limited to certain requirements (not sure how they'd ever know though...) Here are the listed requirements if I don't purchase through the school: Minimum Requirements: 2.0 GHz processor 60GB hard drive (one required software application for this program requires 2.0G) 512MBs RAM CD-ROM drive (CD-RW drive recommended) 10BaseT Ethernet 56K Modem 802.11b/g Wireless (recommended, but not required) Microsoft XP Professional operating system (English edition) NOTE: Home version is NOT an acceptable substitute Thanks, Mike pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/24/2006 02:01:56 PM:
Hi Mike, I'm also mulling over getting a laptop too and have been looking at
various
options. There is an IBM T42 with similar specs to the T43 you mentioned
available
for $1199 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834146120 Also there are rebates available on the T60 (Dual Core) right now,
Buy.com
has this deal which i'm seriously tempted by:
http://www.buy.com/prod/Lenovo_Thinkpad_T60_Notebook/q/loc/101/202314460.htm
l Also Dell has some great deals and promotions, check
www.techbargains.com
for the latest offers. Good luck, interested to hear what you decide on. -----Original Message----- From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Jacobsen Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:17 AM To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCTECH] Laptop choice 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
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