What's the graphics performance of a T420 with discrete Nvidia graphics versus one with Intel integrated graphics? I'm pondering buying a refurbished or used one because my T42 is getting long in the tooth and I would rather not have a T430 or T440.

I'm looking for a T420 with Nvidia graphics. Operating system is unimportant as I will put Linux on it. My location is Bellingham, Washington. Yeah, I'm rather new here. See http://661.org/ to see who I am in case you have concerns. I regularly sell classic computer related things on ebay using the ...

Some questions:
1) What is supposed to go just southeast of the CPU socket?
2) Since it appears that the bluetooth interface will be right where the docking port is, will some sort of filler panel be provided?
3) Will my existing fan and heatsink fit and work?

Yay! I have a T42 that I would very much like to upgrade with this mythical T50 motherboard. Now that this appears to be something real, does anyone have any specs on the board? For instance, what speed, number of cores, video interface, etc.

The fan's bearings are going out. Resist the urge to buy just a fan. I had an unpleasant experience with an Ebay-bought fan that was billed as a drop-in replacement for the T42's fan. What I got was something pressed out of aluminum sheet. The thing looked kinda like it would fit, but none of the mo...

Sometime last year someone said something about the only thing that would convince Lenovo to offer 7-row keyboards again would be for some big buyer to want 15,000 of them. I was thinking that perhaps we could get at least 1000 to put down money towards something like this. I'm thinking of a Kicksta...