daeojkim, I really appreciate you input... thanks. Are you saying the t42 has the better graphics card? I couldn't find any info to compare the two and that's one reason I'm having trouble making up my mind. I don't think the 15" is that heavy. That's what I have and I schlepped to the office all th...

Thanks Kyocera. I don't know that she'll take it TO work. I do know she'll use it to create and maintain her class website which, of course, she can do at home.
I still haven't made up my mind between the notebooks. But I'll have to make a choice soon... she graduates next month.

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

BruisedQuasar wrote: ..Unleasing an elementary student with a new $1500 anything is an investment waiting to be stolen, if it ever leaves the house... I think you misread my post. My daughter is graduating college and will be teaching elemetary school. She'll use the computer for work. But thanks fo...

Oh come on. There must be a computer genius out there with an opinion... please???

Thank you to everyone for their input. I think I'm interested in the T series. (I have a t42p that's great, but can't afford anything that expensive for my daughter). I am considering a t42 and a t43. The specs are listed below and I'd appreciate any recommendations or thoughts about these two machi...

I want to get my daughter a notebook for college graduation. She'll mainly be using it for word processing, surfing the web, and creating a website for her elementary school class. What's the best bang I can get for my bucks, spending about $1500? Any recommendations regarding speed, RAM, video card...