I become a thinkpad owner! just bought a t40p for 1200USD

[livejazz]

At last..I join the club..

I went for this in the end...having found it hard to get a sxga machine.

I hope i did ok...I release the T40p..is an old machine, but I couldn't see any differences to the T41p or T42...that would merit going for them

any thoughts? did i do ok?

T40p
PENTIUM MOBILE 1.6GHz
1Gb ram
14.1 SXGA+
64MB Fire GL 9000 Graphics Card
16x10x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD(slim)
Bluetooth/Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM)
802.11a/b/g Wireless(MPCI), UltraNav,
9 cell battery

[thinkpadz]

you know [censored] well you did =)

congrats!

[sugo]

don't worry, your t40 is probably just as fast as my t42 1.7ghz

[Toe]

Just put a dvd-burner in that thing and you are set!!!!:twisted:


-Toe

[yukit]

I paid about $3k for a T40p just less than 2 years ago.
They are based on a slower memory bus controller (PC2100 vs PC2700 for T42/43), but I am still quite happy with it.

[livejazz]

I bought myself a 5K100 100Gb drive to add to it, since, i need a lot of room for vmware installs.

also, purchased some additional 1gb ram.

overall, happy, but still waiting for it to arrive.

I read in these groups...that the radeon 9000 has a habit of failing. But..we'll its hard to tell how likely that is.

I am waiting for a dual core thinkpad for next year..that is the ultimate goal.

[yukit]

I bought myself a 5K100 100Gb drive to add to it, since, i need a lot of room for vmware installs.

also, purchased some additional 1gb ram.

VMware WS runs well on my T40p with 1GB RAM.

I have not experienced any issues with my video. I stick to using IBM driver even if a newer driver is available from ATI.