What Txx to upgrade to?

[Nolonemo]

I have a T23 with a 1.2GHz processor, RAM maxed out, etc. I use it for video editing, and though it is fine for simple stuff, there are times when it just doesn't have quite enough horsepower.

What would I have to upgrade to to get about twice the effective processing power that I have now?

Thanks,

Nolo

[Temetka]

Methinks a T42 w/64MB of VRAM would be perfect for you. A 1.8GHz or faster proc with 1GB of RAM and a 60GB or 80GB 7200RPM drive would prove nice and speedy with XP Pro.

If you are looking at Vista, I would suggest a T43/p or T60.

[w0qj]

Depends if you plan to stick to Win'XP or Vista for the next few years... (Vista support is still patch, program-wise and drivers).


1) If you plan to stick with Win'XP, get a T42/p.

T42 has:
-S-video output built-in to T42 (the T60 DOES NOT have this!)
-No 2010 Error when you swap hard drive (T43 has this problem)
-Can burn its own Product Recovery CDs (T41 and below can't)


T60 has:
-Dual core CPU (which may improve your video editing performance--but i've never tried this myself...)
-No S-video output


Mind you, T60 on Vista you still need to boost your RAM to make your notebook snappy...

[RealBlackStuff]

Look for the (rarer) T42 with the ATI Fire GL video card with 128MB RAM, since you want to do video-editing.

[gator]

Look for the (rarer) T42 with the ATI Fire GL video card with 128MB RAM, since you want to do video-editing.

Those are indeed rare, and expensive if you see one on ebay.

[Temetka]

Depends if you plan to stick to Win'XP or Vista for the next few years... (Vista support is still patch, program-wise and drivers).


1) If you plan to stick with Win'XP, get a T42/p.

T42 has:
-S-video output built-in to T42 (the T60 DOES NOT have this!)
-No 2010 Error when you swap hard drive (T43 has this problem)
-Can burn its own Product Recovery CDs (T41 and below can't)


T60 has:
-Dual core CPU (which may improve your video editing performance--but i've never tried this myself...)
-No S-video output


Mind you, T60 on Vista you still need to boost your RAM to make your notebook snappy...

I find that interesting. I burned my own set of CD's just fine using Rescue and Recovery on the machine you see in my sig.