T41 upgrade to Dothan

[silane]

Hi,

I was told a a ebay seller that T41 can be upgraded to Dothan CPU, can any one verify the claim?

Thanks.

[Chun-Yu]

Yes, you should be able to, but it isn't worth the price. That is, unless you have something to do with the old banias, such as put it in a small form factor PC?

[cynic]

Eventually prices will fall on the Dothan and it'll extend the life of older T4x models so that owners can wait for even better ThinkPads to blow a lot of money on

I know I plan to lend out on a more or less permanent basis my T40p in 1.8 yrs to a friend who uses a 600X and I'll upgrade the chip before then.

By that time, PCI-Express laptops with all the Intel goodies (Alviso, Sonoma..) should be along (with replaceable GPUs too) It'll be a whole different type of motherboard and I'll want to buy a top of the line T then. But the longer I can wait, the cooler the tech I'll get to purchase before I wait another 3 yrs for the next purchase.