t42 2373-8zu

[tomc70]

Newbie here! is this a low end machine? how would you rate it? Thanks!

[sktn77a]

Look it up and you tell us.

[tomc70]

well let me ask the question another way. I,m looking for a t42 that will last me for 2-3 years for general small office applications e-mail and some surfing. this was offered to me as a possible option. I know less than very little about specs and am looking for some help. NOT some Smart remarks.

[Harryc]

Product: ThinkPad T42 2373-8ZU

Original description: P M 735, 512MB RAM, 40GB 5400rpm HDD, 14.1 SXGA+(1400x1050) TFT LCD, 64MB ATI Radeon 9600, 24x24x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD, Intel 802.11b/g wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), UltraNav, Secure Chip, 6 cell Li-Ion battery, WinXP Pro

The hard drive is kind of small, and it needs more RAM. If you put a large 5400rpm hard drive in it and 2GB RAM, it will be fine for your purposes.

[tomc70]

HEY! thanks for the much needed help!

[seaweedsl]

Yep, nice little machine for your purposes. SXGA+ is a good feature.

If you don't need much drive (music? videos?) , then just upgrading RAM to 1GB would be an acceptable minimum.

If you upgrade the drive then consider getting an ultrabay slim drive adapter for cloning to the new drive and keep the old drive for backups.

I do understand that newer bigger drives will also be faster, adding more zip to the machine also.

Adapter: http://cgi.ebay.com/ThinkPad-IBM-2nd-Ha ... 1|294%3A50


Steve