selection criteria? btw t40p & r52

[caffemusse]

Ciao again and happy holidays

I still haven't managed to order my used (with 2yr waranty) t40p 2374-EG0 because of the holidays @ 1400$

In the meantiem I stumbled upon a brand new r52 1846 with a 15'' sxga and 1.86 dothan processor + ati x300 64mb @ 1775$

I must admit that a 15'' sxga is a little more inviting than the smaller 14'' @ the same. The extra weight of 300 grams hardly scares me.

q: will I find that the overall build quality of the components (not chassis) are similar (and as good) btw the two models?

q2: the gaming performance on the r52 would that be as good or better than the t40p?

last q: the noise emission, is that the same btw these two models or could the dothan be more silent than the Banias...?

Hope I posted this the right place...

cheers

[christopher_wolf]

Well, if weight isn't and issue. Then I would say it is OK; A 15" SXGA isn't that different over a 14" SXGA, IMO. The only thing that I would be concerned about is the Video Card. You might get a tad better with the T40p, but I think you will find that the r52 will do quite fine with a x300. The build quality should be excellent from both of them, I haven;t heard of an issue with either the T40p or the R52 when it comes to build quailty. I don't know about the noise, but I can say that the R52 might be a tad louder than the T40p.

[dr_st]

I expect that the X300 on the R52 will show better gaming performance than the FireGL 9000 on the T40p.

[wolfman]

I'd go for the R52 in this comparison. As mentioned above, the X300 w/64 meg will do better in games than the 9000 w/64 meg in the t40p. The trump here is that for a relatively small increase in cost you are getting a brand new unit that has a faster cpu with more L2 cache, faster ram and front side bus, xp pro vs 2000 (if that matters to you), etc.

I have an R40 - it's a well built machine (6.5 pounds) - compared to the T23's and A21m's I've used in the past it's not as small (t23 - a21m was bigger and bulkier) or quite as "tight" in feel, but still much better (in my opinion) than the Dell latitude D800 than I have from work (which is pretty much a generic ODM model with a screen printed "DELL" under the display)...

Good luck either way...