URGENT!: Has to decide and order today - R60 vs R60e vs T42

[pixel]

What laptop to buy ? ThinkPad R60e vs R60 vs T42
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi all.
I'm a university student and i am about to work as a programmer (Visual Studio/C++/C#, databases)
I want to buy a laptop that should serve as my one and only computer, both at the campus and home(whenever i need to do some programming or just for entertainment).
I am not a gaming person, but i like to watch some movies from time to time and i would probably use Photoshop or do/study some image processing(MATLAB?) by myself.
I have to be able to read .PDF files smoothly.

Basically, i would like to buy a cheapest ThinkPad laptop to suit my needs.
(Best money to "power" ratio, longest "up-to-date" configuration).

I am considering R60e/R60/second hand T42( T60 is a way out of my budget)
What would you recommend and why ?

R60e - Dual Core 1.83Ghz, 1Gb Ram, Hd: 80Gb/5400 Rpm, DVD-RW
===============================================
Pros: Relatively cheap.
Cons: Very basic, there is no dedicated video memory, no SVideo out, no port replicator support, no ibm extras like fingerprint reader etc.
Hesitation: Do i really need all those for my purposes? Vista requirements ? How solid "R" series are ?



R60 - Dual Core, 1.83Ghz, 1Gb Ram, HD 80Gb/5400 Rpm, ATI X1400 128mb,
DVD-RW
===============================================
Pros - Basically good configuration, considering this laptop is about to be the only computer, SVideo out, port replicator support, swappable optical drive, dedicated VRAM, fingerprint reader and other extras.
Allmost "T60" in case of "R"
Cons - About 500$ more expensive then R60e
Hesitation - The most notable difference between R60 and R60e is port replicator support and dedicated VRam.
How "often" would i notice the difference of dedicated graphic solution against the shared one (GMA950)?



T42 - Sonoma 1.70Ghz, 1 Gb Ram, HD 60Gb/7200 Rpm, ATI 7500, 32mb, DVD-RW
===============================================
Pros - Well balanced "T" series, build quality, light, 1 year warrantly remaining, cheap (about the price of R60e above), SVideo out, replicator support, extras.
Cons - Outdated CPU series and architecture (400Mhz FSB, 333 Mhz RAM), not much of VRAM (graphic card is not Vista Ready),
only 2 USBs
Hesitation - Is this configuration is already too old and i would have to buy another laptop/computer in a 1-1.5 years time?

How T42's 60Gb 7200RPM hard drive is vs R60's 80Gb 5400 RPM ?
How would it affect the overall R60 vs T42 perfomance equation ?
Is 60gb considered to be enough ?
==============================================

I would appreciate any help.

[b]Note from Moderator:[/b] No matter how urgent your needs are, do not multi-post in this forum.