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r50cheapskate · #1 Post by **r50cheapskate** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:24 am

I'm seeing a definite leaning towards the T series on this site, but I really like my R. Is it that the more serious who would be drawn to a site like this are also more drawn to the higher-end machine? I'm just curious. I actually thought $1200 was already a lot of money to spend on something so easily lost or damaged, let alone $3000. (That said, I think I've kissed my R50 goodnight more than once.)

#2 Post by **thePCxp** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:52 am

Glad to see that you really like your R50!
I really like my R series ThinkPad too!
What got me to get an R series is when I used an R50 (actually, it was an R40 that I wanted to get at first but then I changed my mind) and I also didn't know what ThinkPad to get until I used an R50 at my middle school and I then decided to get an R51 (It was actually an R50 at first but then I changed my mind and got an R51) and I realy like my R series ThinkPad (my R51), It's also like a child to me.

storage_man · #3 Post by **storage_man** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:59 pm

The R series is one of the better machines, with the most options for the least price. I'm a Proud owner of a R31 - I bought it new through the IBM shareholders function. I have had it for 3 years, and it operates flawlessly. This is a travel system, not a desktop. The people that are spending $3k are also using the system as a desktop. The R31 has only a 1.06ghz processor and I have upgraded the memory to 384mb. Its been a good travel Laptop because of its weight and size.

Storage_man

#4 Post by **thePCxp** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:36 pm

I also wanted to say that I use my R51 as a travel computer and that I didn't get an R series because of the price, I got it because I wanted to get it. My R51 really cost $1,899.00 but I got it through a discount and it cost me $1,804.05 (I think) but my parents payed for it because I'm only 15 (I got it when I was 14), and my R51 is my first ThinkPad and laptop. My R51 has a 80GB hard drive, an Intel Pentium M 725 1.60 GHz processor, IBM 802.11a/b/g wireless, bluetooth, a DVD Recordable drive, a 15 inch SXGA+ with FlexView (1400x1050), Windows XP Pro, the security chip, a 6 cell battery (I want to get the 9 cell battery), and 256MB (I going to upgrade to 768).

omyim · #5 Post by **omyim** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:24 am

T and R is not the same group user
T it's include fingerprint ... you must use this function ??
so when you buy a new computer(inc notebook) you must know what the function yoou must use more than have the many many functions but you use a few function that's not reasonable to buy
If you are travveller T series or X series that the answer of yo
but if weight not important for you R series it's a nice function and reasonable price more then T and X series
get the question and ask you what fucnction and what feature you must use and then find the answer then you will see the best notebook
good luck

FRiC · #6 Post by **FRiC** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:51 am

Hi, I'm new here.

I just bought myself a lower-end R51 and really really like it. Before this I was using a top of the line Acer, and bought a cheaper R50e for one of my programmers. I liked the R50e so much that I swapped my Acer with him, and then I sold the R50e again to get the R51. (The reason we didn't keep the R50e is because it only supports PC2100 memory and is slow for what we do, and I didn't get a R52 because it needs DDR2 memory and we have lots of DDR memory on hand.)

My previous ThinkPad was the 700C...

doodles113 · #7 Post by **doodles113** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:40 pm

No problems with the R´s.A friend have one up and running in last two years without any fault.
I´m probably in next week moving from a T23 to a R40, and so far, i don´t see much difference in performance, and based on reability of both machines, not worried at all...

#8 Post by **K. Eng** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:12 pm

Most people tend to gravitate towards the T series because of the reduced weight, but the R series are still excellent machines.

I like the R5x, as it has the same sturdy keyboard and dual stainless steel hinges as the T4x.

IBMnoob · #9 Post by **IBMnoob** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:34 pm

I have a R50p and i love it. Its fast! and screen is just amazing. Its not as heavy as other people think. This is my second thinkpad my first one was a A31p. I think the R series are Just about right in size and weight even for a frequent traveler.

#10 Post by **thePCxp** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:33 pm

Glad to hear that you like your R50p IBMnoob! I agree that it is not as heavy and its just about right in size and weight even for a frequent traveler.

sco1984 · #11 Post by **sco1984** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 3:30 am

Hello,
I just bought R50e laptop last week. And also joined this great
forum. This is my first ever personal PC. Fortunattly it's a
powerful IBM Thinkpad . Really unbeatable performance its
giving..Specially battery ! It goes up to 4 hours when operating
on a single boot continuously without playing cd .
I thought only higher end IBM Thinkpads comes with
luminicent light which brightens keyboard during low power.
But i was wrong my laptop has that feature. Its cool . I like
very very much. Weight is a problem but 2.8 kg weight not bad.
After all it has inbuilt protection then hdd absorber.
I want to ask 1 thing. When i plug power adapter , and
start charging , after 30-45 minutes power adapter gets hot...
If i put my hand on adapter , its hot . Is it normal ? I bought
IBM optical mouse. Its not easy to use trackpoint when surfing
internet and need to scroll a lot pages continously for 1-2
hour's. But IBM is the best. I recommand my friends to buy
only IBM Thinkpad as they r plannning to buy 1. My laptop is
R50e how ever it has 801.11 b & g both . Not just B .

What else ? Plenty things to talk about its though features.
Like IBM says "Thinkpad is thinkpad and will always remain as
Thinkpad" .

Regards,
Amey Abhyankar.

pphilipko · #12 Post by **pphilipko** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:24 pm

sco1984 wrote:Hello,
I just bought R50e laptop last week. And also joined this great
forum. This is my first ever personal PC. Fortunattly it's a
powerful IBM Thinkpad . Really unbeatable performance its
giving..Specially battery ! It goes up to 4 hours when operating
on a single boot continuously without playing cd .
I thought only higher end IBM Thinkpads comes with
luminicent light which brightens keyboard during low power.
But i was wrong my laptop has that feature. Its cool . I like
very very much. Weight is a problem but 2.8 kg weight not bad.
After all it has inbuilt protection then hdd absorber.
I want to ask 1 thing. When i plug power adapter , and
start charging , after 30-45 minutes power adapter gets hot...
If i put my hand on adapter , its hot . Is it normal ? I bought
IBM optical mouse. Its not easy to use trackpoint when surfing
internet and need to scroll a lot pages continously for 1-2
hour's. But IBM is the best. I recommand my friends to buy
only IBM Thinkpad as they r plannning to buy 1. My laptop is
R50e how ever it has 801.11 b & g both . Not just B .
What else ? Plenty things to talk about its though features.
Like IBM says "Thinkpad is thinkpad and will always remain as
Thinkpad" .

Regards,
Amey Abhyankar.

As long as the adapter doesn't burn your hand, you're fine!

tehsoul · #13 Post by **tehsoul** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:18 pm

the R series is brilliant, as are (almost) all of the thinkpad models. i had an R50p up until a month ago. i sold mine and ordered myself a shiny new T43p through my school, at a very much reduced price (€1795).
if it weren't for the humongous price reduction though, i wouldn't buy a t-series... for standalone consumers, it's hugely overpriced (yes yes, even when taking the build quality into account... no laptop is worth $3K+ to me)

davew · #14 Post by **davew** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:12 pm

hi all i'm new here
i live in the uk and i was looking for a cheap laptop mainly for email and web browsing and i had heard about the quality of ibm laptops, i couldn't find any retailers selling them apart from online stores so i took the risk and ordered a R50e online for the grand sum of £428.00 and all i've got to say is WOW i'm so impressed it's about the cheapest price you can get a laptop new here, the alternative would be a acer for the same money but the quality is not in the same ball park, i know it's only a base model but it doesn't feel as though i've bought a cheap laptop.

wantathinkpad · #15 Post by **wantathinkpad** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:17 pm

Definitely not a cheap model. This model is all over the place in my hosptial

wolfman · #16 Post by **wolfman** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:12 pm

Have to say after a year and 8 months or so I really like my thinkpad r40. It's held up very well, been upgraded and does everything I need it too. It's sturdy and well constructed and I have no fear taking it with me pretty much anywhere i go.

lowie · #17 Post by **lowie** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:48 am

Hi there,

as a first laptop, and on a small budget, i got myself a secondhand R40e. Although i planned on selling it as soon as i made some extra €'s, i must say that - after a few upgrades - i've changed my mind.
I upgraded from 256 to 768 MB RAM and replaced the CDROM by a DVD/CDRW. If possible, i got myself an internal 802.11 chip but rumours go around that only true IBM wifi chips are compatible... Now i have a machine with P4 1.8, 4OGB HD, 768 MB RAM and I like it a lot.

the total package cost me about 600 euros, pretty nice isn't it?

Moreover, the IBM website is full of useful info, drivers, installation videos etc. whereas other laptop brands barely support their older machines...

Wietse Nauwelaerts
Leuven, Belgium

fschwep · #18 Post by **fschwep** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 9:11 am

Well, yes, I can Imagine that the type of advanced user who tends to dig deep into the specs of their laptop, reformat the harddrive to get rid of factory partitions, do al lot of their own upgrading etc., would tend to gravitate toward the top of the line, meaning the T-series.

OTOH, it looks like the T and the R actually share many parts. The higher-end R's (52) can be spec'ed with separate faster graphics chipsets like the T's, for instance. From the R51 up they have swappable Ultrabay drives and use the same docking options as the T4x. Batteries are the same in any case.
I just ordered an R51 to complement the T42 we already have (my wife has almost completely taken over the T42 in the living room for language course preparation and I am now mostly using a noisy old desktop, which is of course totally unsupportable

), and I will be able to compare the two directly as I tend to install the same software packages on all the PCs we use, and keep data synchronized as best as possible - so both machines will be used to work on the same files while connected to the same or similar external hardware. I would expect the R51 to be a fraction slower than the T on graphics-intensive tasks like photo editing as it does not have dedicated videoRAM, and a slightly slower harddisk. And possibly the T will be able to run Google's new Google Earth software, which apparently needs specific graphics chipsets, while the R could be handicapped in that department. We'll just see and find out (for Google Earth one needs broadband as well, which we don't have yet in our rural area, sigh

)
I got the T42 as a replacement for an A22m which had been grilled by a lightning strike, and it is unquestionably a step up. The only gripe I have is that the A22's keyboard was slightly better, I tend to accidentally hit the trackpoint more often with the T42 as I'm no touch typist and move my hands around the keyboard a lot (prevents RSI though

). It's still an excellent keyboard for a laptop (the only ones I have known to be as good as or better than present-day TP were those of Toshiba around the year 1990, when a laptop was a 7-kilogram luggable without a battery, mono screen, one MB RAM and a 10 MB harddisk at five time the price of today's machines in real money).
For the rest, the T42 is lighter, stiffer, and far more capable than the A22 was. As the insurance paid for it and the T42 was available at a similar price as the A22 had been two years earlier, the actual price did not matter. Now that I am looking for an additional laptop I feel that splashing out on a T42 again would be too much.
When I travel, I will take the T42 with me as it is lighter and thinner (the smaller footprint and thickness being more important than the weight difference). It allows me to carry some paperwork, small accessories (digital camera and such) and a book to read along with the laptop in my trusty old Tenba shoulder bag.
Of course, having to choose whether to take your T42 or your R51 with you on a voyage is rather a luxury problem, right?

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