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I'll try my best to keep this brief:

Got my brother's T60 here, runs a core (not 2) duo yonah @ 1.8 and is a bit slow. Now IIRC core duo kinda...sucked a bit, where as core 2 is better in most every way.

I've looked up the socket with speccy and it says Socket 479 mPGA which *should* (can someone verify this?) work with socket M core 2 duos. Now for the question, should I just get the T7400 that seems to be the bog standard idea for upgrading on this machine from google at least, or can I just go flippin crazy and grab the best socket m I can find, like a t7600?

It seems like a somewhat common and easy upgrade, anyone on here with experience got tips on what is the best way to approach this?

edit with more info:
I got my info on what would work from here
http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket ... 479M).html

lists the fastest core 2 that'll work in the socket as 7600.

Either one of these: T5500, T5600, T7200, T7400, T7600.
An SSD and RAM-upgrade to its max. of 3GB are more improvement than replacing the T2400!

RealBlackStuff wrote:Either one of these: T5500, T5600, T7200, T7400, T7600.
An SSD and RAM-upgrade to its max. of 3 GB are more improvement than replacing the T2400!

Thanks, RAM is already at 3GB and he's running some hybrid SSD/HDD drive, I think the CPU is the main place to be going. I'll see if I can get one of those for cheap, thanks again!

T7600 is unlikely to be had for cheap, but T7200/T7400 should be much more affordable. I would definitely not bother with the T5xxx series - not really upgrades.

I've upgraded T60s to both T7200 and T7600 processors from the T2400 and the improvement was minimal, in my opinion.

Personally, I would try a pure SSD first.
My T60p with a T7600, an Intel G2 80gb SSD and a clean, 64bit Win 7 Pro install boots to a working desktop in about :35 seconds.

But I have several spare T7200s if you want to try one.

I found going from a T2400 to T7200 was an improvement. Going from a T7200 to T7600 not so much. I found the sweet spot is a T7200 as it's faster than a T2400 but is not as hot as a T7400 or T7600. It's also better value. For the extra money for a T7600 over a T7200, I'd rather spend that money on a T400/500.

Hybrids are nice and they are faster than a HDD but it's not as fast as a SSD. Even with SATA I speed a SSD is still your best upgrade.

I love the T60 series as it still meets my portable computing needs, Flexview screen, 4:3 screen ratio, well built, have no inherit flaws like the T4x or T61 Nividia's issues and is cheap.

And somebody tried to install T7600G in thinkpad?
I understand that it costs as an iron bridge (very expensive). But whether there is any performance gain?