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Re: my ThinkPad A31 and my R40 - The "Project Page"! LARGE PICS!
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:42 pm
by dr_st
A31 wrote:Would you really spend $77 / just under £50 on a dock? I spent £10 / $15 on mine lol! I think the trick is to wait until they get older and then you'll the see the price fall...
The same logic applies as to whether you would really spend $1000 on a modern laptop, when you can buy an older model for $200... To each his own.
Re: my ThinkPad A31 and my R40 - The "Project Page"! LARGE PICS!
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:38 pm
by emeraldgirl08
@A31- No there is no way I'm spending $77 on a dock! I can wait on on that a little longer. Oh and the flexview are wide angle viewing screens. I think the acronym IPS (In-plane switching) is that you don't get the strange polarization when you view your LCD from an extreme top, bottom, or side angle. I am going to work towards getting me a T60P now. I have a widescreen and a regular 15"- both are acceptable for what my usage so things are working out for me. I still want the Flexview sometimes in my future though.
@dr_st- Wow. A thousand "smackerooeys" sounds nice right about now
I like any Thinkpad that can transcode video and allow me to play my Neverwinter Nights game. If it can do those two things without shutting down then I'm good
Re: my ThinkPad A31 and my R40 - The "Project Page"! LARGE PICS!
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:27 pm
by A31
emeraldgirl08 wrote:No there is no way I'm spending $77 on a dock!
Thought you might say that!!
But why is it so expensive in the first place? it's crazy!
Re: my ThinkPad A31 and my R40 - The "Project Page"! LARGE PICS!
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:53 am
by A31
OK, now moving onto upgrading the RAM,
so when I get some money back!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1GB-PC2700-DDR-SO ... 414c53c128
Replace my current 256MB chip with this so I'll have the 1GB chip and the 512MB chip. Should make the Thinkpad a bit faster!!
That is quite cheap by the way, just
$36 USD! 
EDIT, I'm going to see if I can get this chip: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Laptop-RAM-Memory ... 19b965ee32, very, very cheap!!!, Well, it was, but now it's getting more and more expensive
And I've just gone and bought a 1GB chip off eBay so hopefully will recieve next week and use in my A31! Looking forward to 1.5GB RAM rather than 768MB RAM
Re: my ThinkPad A31 and my R40 - The "Project Page"! LARGE PICS!
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:45 am
by A31
The RAM module has just arrived...
So now with 1.50GB RAM...
The current set up:
.Windows XP Pro SP3
.80GB IDE HDD
.1.5 GB RAM (200 pin DDR SODIMM)
.Docking Station
.PCMCIA Wireless internet/network
.Bluetooth (when the USB dongle is plugged in)
.Office 2003
.IE8
.Nero 7 (with soem features disabled)
.Google Earth
.AVG Anti Virus Free 9.0