t61 w/wwan AND intel turbo mem? help!

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jchow · #1 Post by **jchow** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:24 pm

Hi i was wondering about my conifiguration (whether or not itll even work)

so i ordered my t61 and when i looked at the config it says nvidia quad 140m w/wwan and also it chose to get the intel turbo mem

will those 2 configs work? because when i ordered the system it had the option for me to choose intel turbo mem PLUS the vid card didnt say it had wwan like the x3100 did -_- so i didnt no =\ would it be better to reorder it? to save some money?

heres teh config (bolded the part i was wondering about)
1 6459CT CONFIGURED SYSTEM
08/01/07 $1,363.40 $1,363.40
6459CTO CTO THINKPAD T61 WIDESCREEN-3Y
42V8191 INTEL CORE 2 DUO PRCESST7500
42V8012 SBB MS WIN VISTA HOME BASIC
42V8568 SBB MS WINVISTA HM BS32 US ENG
42V8287 SBB 15.4 WSXGA+ TFT
42X0818 SBB NVIDIAQUAD NVS 140MW/WWAN
41W2060 VBB 1GB PC2-5300 667MHZ 1DIMM
42V8195 SBB KEYBOARD US ENGLISH
42V8297 SBB UN(TRCKP TOUCHPAD)FINGERRE
42V8169 SBB 100GB HDD,7200RPM
42V8193 SBB INTEL TURBO MEMORY 1GB
42V8172 SBB DVD REC.8XMAXDUAL LAY UB-S
42X0805 SBB PC CARDSLOT EX CARDSLOT
42V8177 SBB INT.WIRE.WIFI/LINK4965AGN
62P6054 VBB INTEGR.BLUETOOTH PAN
42V8187 SBB THINKPAD WIRELESS USB ADPT
39T6651 SBB 9 CELL LI-ION BATTERY
39T6442 SBB COUNTRY PACK NORTH AMERICA
27R1769 SBB PSTN CABLE
42X1524 SBB LP-US ENGLISH
42V8063 SBB MS WAU ENGLISH NA-U MODELS
42X1232 SBB NEWINTELLAB_DUALCORE/CEPRO
42X1455 SBB GEO LBL US,WLAN,BLT,UWB
42V9665 SBB FCC, LABEL
42X1482 SBB BLUETOOTH W/ ANTENNA
42X1483 SBB BLUETOOTH SCREW
42V8635 SBB 15WSXGAW/BTW/OWWANW/UWB
39T6440 SBB 56K V.92 DESIGNED MODEM
42X0843 SBB CL.PLATE T61 WLAN WPAN
41W2300 SBB LOGO PLATE
42V8607 SBB INT.WLAN ANTENNA 15.4"
42X0877 SBB MT 6459 SYSTEM LABEL
42X0850 SBB MECH MISC PARTS
42V7973 SBB MS LABEL (VISTA BASIC)
42V8605 SBB NO INT.WWAN ANTENNA 15.4"R
42X0995 SBB PC CARD SLOT EXP.CARD SLOT
42V8612 SBB ST LCD COVER/BEZEL 15.4"
42V8600 SBB UWB ANTENNA
42X0840 SBB NVIDOANVS140M W/WWAN,W/AMT
42V8300 SBB 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 667MHZ
42T6638 SBB PACK. US, 15.4"

jchow · #2 Post by **jchow** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:46 am

please can anyone help? because if I cant really have them together i want to like cancel the order and reorder without it and save that like extra 40 sumin dollars.

i really dont wanna wait too long to find out if it will be ok.

for me id rather have the intel turbo memory rather than the wwan because i doubt ill ever really use it...

SHoTTa35 · #3 Post by **SHoTTa35** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:53 am

WWAN and Turbo Memory uses the same port so that's why you can't have both. They use the Express slot in the laptop so you have to choose.

jchow · #4 Post by **jchow** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:10 pm

well technically i cant even choose, so should i just reorder adn take out intel turbo mem?

i didnt know the nvidia quad 140m had wwan with it... is it supposed to?

snife · #5 Post by **snife** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:34 pm

The video card has nothing to do with whether it has WWAN or not - you get WWAN options with all video cards but as already stated you only have 2 mini pci express slots, one is used by wireless LAN and the other is either used by WWAN or Turbo Memory.

jchow · #6 Post by **jchow** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:16 pm

i have one more question =x

would it be better to just not get the intel turbo memory? it is 50 dollars extra and there isnt very significant improvements.
I was wondering whether or not to take out that intel turbo memory (but wait a few extra days for them to reorder =\)
also, would there be better versions of the intel turbo memory that come out? or will software issues in the future fix it up?
im not sure if gettin it right now would be the best use of my 50 dollars =p

so i just wanted to no if it was worht not gettin it anymore or gettin it

thanks

o1001010 · #7 Post by **o1001010** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:52 pm

turbo memory from intel is waste of money. it will be better off if you just get a sd reader and stick in a 2gb sd card

michaelk · #8 Post by **michaelk** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:59 pm

Or spend a few more bucks and juice up the internal memory.

snife · #9 Post by **snife** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:57 pm

o1001010 wrote:turbo memory from intel is waste of money. it will be better off if you just get a sd reader and stick in a 2gb sd card

I simply don't think that is true, depending on what you are accessing on the HDD, Intel Turbo Memory can improve drive access by upto 40% - i've never seen performance like that from either SD or USB implementations (and its even better than hybrid drive performance), it also saves a bit of battery life (about 10 minutes)

50 dollars is nothing and your definitely not going to dislike having Turbo Memory so i'd advise to keep it as you cannot upgrade to it in the future if you dont get it at the start (unless you have a WWAN system instead).

SHoTTa35 · #10 Post by **SHoTTa35** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:05 pm

well if you plan on using and KEEPING Windows Vista then keep turbo memory since it wont hurt performance at all and might just boost it a lil. If you do i guess you can always sell it on ebay or something but it's not bad to have. Right now it only offers a smalll boost via Vista's ReadyBoost feature but if you wont be using Vista then no point in keeping it as i said.

(odds are you wont be using WWAN because it's $60 - $80 a month anyways

If your scrownging about an extra 50 then that per month is a big no-no for you

)

jchow · #11 Post by **jchow** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:31 pm

thanks everyone for the input im guessing i will just keep it becuase i think itll be too much of a hassle to cal and reorder and wait =\ but hten again im guessing it wont hurt when i use it? and hopefully itll get better with any patches of sum sort?

yah i got 1 dimm for my ram and planning on upgading another gig in it =D

thanks again and i can twait till it comes >=D

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