t41p or t42p?

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sage529 · #1 Post by **sage529** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:13 am

give that the latter is a good $1000 more (at least on ebay), would it be worth getting, since the t41p comes with comparable parts (vid card, ram, hd, slightly slower processor)?

Anyone know a good place to get either one other than ebay?

tselling · #2 Post by **tselling** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:37 am

IMHO, unless you want the flexview 15" 1600x1200 UXGA display, I don't think there is really much reason to go for the T42p over the T41p. Bill Morrow is a good source for purchasing Thinkpads at a discount (this is his forum after all).

apoll0 · #3 Post by **apoll0** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:56 am

yeah, unless you want the 15", it's not worth getting the t42p. As for the processor speed, 1.7 GHz is plenty for any game/application. The bottleneck of pc performance is no longer the cpu. Honestly, I switched from a 900 MHz AMD processor to the 1.6 GHz P-M and I only notice a slight improvement in speed when i load programs.

nowstime · #4 Post by **nowstime** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:57 am

I currently have a T41p and loving it...

I had the same question and asked many questions but if the price gap is not that much...get the T42p...(around $2800) but if you can get the T41p for a good deal...Go for the T41p...

The overall built is about the same...

v_parthi · #5 Post by **v_parthi** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:13 am

Hi All,

At last, I ordered my T41p today after solving a lot of confusions in my mind to opt for T42p.

* The flexview 15 inch screen flexview is really cool stuff, I agree. But I ask anybody a question. You may like to have a nice view at a different dimension, but IMHO I look at the screen mostly straight in front of me. Leaving that flexview, 15 inch is really big enough to get a satisfaction out of a screen. I still prefer a bigger desktop screen like mine(19 inch) for a really BIG necessity.

* DVD burner is in my desktop, where I really write DVDs once in a while. For movies, I prefer 2 drives one to read and the other to write, to write on the fly. I also use DVD+R and write it. But IBM burners doesn't have support for +R I guess.

* Dothan vs Banias: not a ground breaking performance for the price that you pay for.

* I also read one more diff that the modem is better in T42p. BTW, how many of you use dialup internet? T41p still works..

So, at last a gr8 lappy for a cheap deal.

regards
Parthiban.

sage529 · #6 Post by **sage529** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:57 am

thanks for the feedback... i think i'm going to opt for the 41... are there any foreseeable price drops in the next two months? want to get mine before i go to school, but wonder if i should get it in late august or just get it now... will there be a price difference?

found this on ebay... sounds like a pretty good deal... should i jump on it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 58762&rd=1

Leon · #7 Post by **Leon** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:03 am

I would get the EXACT model # and serial # from the seller........

nowstime · #8 Post by **nowstime** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:17 am

It seems like a refurbished...

Warranty is 1 year...(New comes with 3 years) and wireless is a/b/g (T41p GGU has a Centrino 802.11b) - but the intel sticker looks like a a/b/g...looks weird...

Get it online($2470~3000) or from Bill ($2550)...one store offering refurbished for $1870...

also ibm.com has refurbished around $2100...

sage529 · #9 Post by **sage529** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:21 pm

is it possible to buy an extended warranty from ibm? if so, how much do such warranties run?

sage529 · #10 Post by **sage529** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:28 pm

simlilar machine but with 3 yr warranty (so i'm assuming its new):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 12427&rd=1

worth it? seems everyone's too busy buying the t42's to bid on the t41's...

boardmonger · #11 Post by **boardmonger** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:33 pm

Ok is it just ME or does it seem odd that they the seller says DVD Burner on his ad when it is just a DVD/CD-RW? If this guy (or girl) sells alot of thinkpads whouldn't they know what the system has or maybe it is just a typo......To give them credit it does say DVD/CD-RW later in the ad, but with the 1 year warranty and the other odd issues I wouldn't buy it.

(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 58762&rd=1)

t41p or t42p?

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if i do buy the refurbished machine...

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