Upgrade suggestions (600E User)

[Dr_Frankenmiga]

Think its time to get a new Thinkpad, cost of upgrading Vs performace got, it may just be better to buy a later Thinkpad. At the moment I have a 600E (Pentium 3 450Mhz, 384Mb RAM, 20Gb HD, CDrom)

Pretty cluless about what to get as I don't need the latest and greatest but something with some go in my basic tasks would be nice. What I use it for :

Internet browsing & FTP
The odd DOS game
Watching videos online (600E FAILS bad here for me 5-8FPS :/ )
Around the same size as the 600
Fair battery life
Open Office
DVD drive (just because )

My main reason for a upgrade is the general sluggish performace of the video in the 600E, I tried different drivers, settings etc. im sure things got worse when I moved to XP, YouTube etc is impossible to watch at best aroubd 10FPS I am sure, even when fully loaded. I know I could get a faster Pentium 3 CPU but there not to easy to get or cheap in the UK, besides my screens going dim, I have a US keyboard and the PCMCIA card slots seem to have a habit of working when they want. Don't mind 2nd hand.

I was looking at the R40 but im sure it looks obese.
Any advice/suggestions greatfully received

[RealBlackStuff]

You sound like the perfect candidate for a T23.

Average specs:
PIII-M 1.13GHz (512KB L2),
up to 2x512MB = 1GB RAM,
30.0-80GB HDD,
14.1 XGA (1024x768) TFT LCD or SXGA+ (1400x1050)
DVD-ROM or DVD/CDRW
Modem(MPCI),
Ethernet(CDC),
TV out,
Li-Ion battery
Some models come with built-in wifi, other options: external USB or PCMCIA wifi adapter
2x USB (1.1) ports
serial + parallel ports

£75 - £150 on fleabay