Hey guys, I'm in the process of doing tweaks and such here and there to keep the old college T61p going strong (I mean, 7 years isn't THAT old... right?). So far my mods have been minimal: 4GB of RAM SSD Middleton Bios to boost SSD speeds And.... that's about it. My next task is to see about updatin...

- for CPU - go either T9300 or T9500, and if you want to top out without too many mods then X9000. - really watch out for GPU temperatures, as the T61p models heat up much more than the regular T61 nVidia laptops, thus are more prone to failure. Try using TPFanControl and some CPU undervolting to l...

To OP, how much memory you currently have? Our T61s are still very capable with 4 GB of RAM and a SSD upgrade. Upgrade the CPU too and you should be good for another 5 years. I know me and my T61s will be. My recent T420 is just because I'm a geek. It only has 2GB at the moment. I was planning on g...

I'm burning the .iso right now, thanks. Looks like SSD is the way to go, I might save a few bucks and get a SATA II since the box can't use III speeds anyway.

Any insight on the processor fitment? That's the big question mark, as processor cooling is paramount in laptops.

I've been poking around awhile, decided this was as good a place as any to pose my questions, so here goes. I have a Thinkpad T61p that's rather dear to me: First computer I ever bought with my own money back in 2007, was my primary coding machine through 4.5 years of Computer Science and it survive...