I become a thinkpad owner! just bought a t40p for 1200USD

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livejazz · #1 Post by **livejazz** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:16 pm

At last..I join the club..

I went for this in the end...having found it hard to get a sxga machine.

I hope i did ok...I release the T40p..is an old machine, but I couldn't see any differences to the T41p or T42...that would merit going for them

any thoughts? did i do ok?

T40p
PENTIUM MOBILE 1.6GHz
1Gb ram
14.1 SXGA+
64MB Fire GL 9000 Graphics Card
16x10x24x/8x CD-RW/DVD(slim)
Bluetooth/Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM)
802.11a/b/g Wireless(MPCI), UltraNav,
9 cell battery

thinkpadz · #2 Post by **thinkpadz** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:13 pm

you know [censored] well you did =)

congrats!

sugo · #3 Post by **sugo** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:30 pm

don't worry, your t40 is probably just as fast as my t42 1.7ghz

Toe · #4 Post by **Toe** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:55 pm

Just put a dvd-burner in that thing and you are set!!!!:twisted:

-Toe

yukit · #5 Post by **yukit** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:07 am

I paid about $3k for a T40p just less than 2 years ago.
They are based on a slower memory bus controller (PC2100 vs PC2700 for T42/43), but I am still quite happy with it.

livejazz · #6 Post by **livejazz** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:27 am

I bought myself a 5K100 100Gb drive to add to it, since, i need a lot of room for vmware installs.

also, purchased some additional 1gb ram.

overall, happy, but still waiting for it to arrive.

I read in these groups...that the radeon 9000 has a habit of failing. But..we'll its hard to tell how likely that is.

I am waiting for a dual core thinkpad for next year..that is the ultimate goal.

yukit · #7 Post by **yukit** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:27 pm

livejazz wrote:I bought myself a 5K100 100Gb drive to add to it, since, i need a lot of room for vmware installs.

also, purchased some additional 1gb ram.

VMware WS runs well on my T40p with 1GB RAM.

I have not experienced any issues with my video. I stick to using IBM driver even if a newer driver is available from ATI.

I become a thinkpad owner! just bought a t40p for 1200USD

I become a thinkpad owner! just bought a t40p for 1200USD

added a 100Gb drive and extra memory now

Re: added a 100Gb drive and extra memory now

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