the old story? x4 vs x3

[pianowizard]

The 14.1" T40 is the lightest among the T series. When The Spirit of X21 brings his SXGA+ T40 to my lab, I can weigh it accurately. Get a 6-cell battery and a travel bezel and it will be only around 4.5 lbs, perhaps even less. That's about the same weight as an X60/61 tablet with SXGA+ and 8-cell.

[The Spirit of X21]

Still waiting for the display and 2GB RAM so that I can pimp ol' Blackhawk out...

[dr_st]

pau - I hate to tell you, but there is NO Thinkpad that meets your demands.

I don't know if the T43p you've been given by the school is 14" or 15", but the difference between them is very small, and if you're used to your light Fujitsu laptop, any T-series will feel huge and heavy in comparison. R60? That's total madness.

An X series is much smaller and lighter, more in feel than in numbers. But, yes, they are all limited to XGA, with the exception of the X6x Tablet, which is (a) heavy, (b) doesn't have that APM you want.

I'd just get an XGA X32 (better than X31, don't know why you weren't looking at it to begin with), and live with the fact that 1024x768 is not _that_ much less than 1280x768. If you can't live with that, look at other vendors.