Need suggestion on buying new Thinkpad

[ryengineer]

Hello all,

I am using IBM A31 for the last 4 months as my school laptop.
It's flawless but is kind of heavy to carry around so I'm looking to
buy a similar sort of thin machine with the budget of $700 in hand.

Two specific things I would like to have in it are:

1. 15''in screen and

2. ATI Radeon graphics card.

All suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks.

[BillMorrow]

you'll get better and more detailed advice from others, BUT..

you'll not save much in weight between an A31 and a T41 with 15 inch display..
and a T40 series is what i would suggest..

the next thing is what display resolution are you using and wanting..?

[ryengineer]

Thanks for your reply.

Well, I'm using 15"-inch active matrix display with the resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater and will probably go for the same.

How about R40?

[JohnDrake]

If you can find someone who works for IBM, or for Lenovo, you can get a decent R60 new for less than $XXX, not including tax and stuff thru the employee purchase program.

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[Utwig]

Personally, the only reason for getting 15" laptop was 1600x1200 resolution. If 1024x768 is enough, consider getting something 14" or even less.

[Dead1nside]

I'm not personally sure if there was a T41(p) with the 15'' screen.

Personally and as you'll see in my signature I'm biased, but my T41p does everything I could want it too... of course I want a T60p. But that's just not as portable, and I doubt the battery life is any better.

It's a very speedy machine, with just the right amount of everything, and the resolutuion (1400x1050) means that even though it's only 14.1'' it is very usable.