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Old Feb 4, 2005 | 11:14 pm
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Originally Posted by uclabruin
I've had my IBM Thinkpad T40 for a year and a half. IBM support is the best I've ever had to deal with, and for many models, provide worldwide support. I always recommend T and X series for my friends and no one has come back disappointed.

Regarding the Centrino WiFi vs. IBM WiFi, the centrino WiFi is also on a Mini-PCI chip that can be removed. I have the Intel 2100 chip (which is the Centrino chip on the early T4x series)

I also have a T40, for about 2 years now. I'm incredibly rough with it, and it still works as perfectly now as it did when I bought it, unlike the highly unreliable Dell it replaced. I couldn't recommend IBM more highly.

I should add that the battery life is amazing. I bought the larger battery which sticks out slightly in back, but not in any way that's a problem -- when new I regularly got 7 hours, now its about 4 or 5, which is to be expected a few years in.
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