The T42 is a great lap top. Mine has the IBM wireless card with 802.11b/g - so easy to use and great speed. Absolutley no problems - is so well designed and built. I think we are two years from dual core processors / 64bit laptops so I would go for the upgrade now. I have the bigger battery. I do use the CD ROM burner occasionally.
I hope that Lenovo can somehow work a miracle and keep up the thorough quality and terrific design that is built into IBM PCs, particularly the laptops. But at this point you are still buying a terrific IBM laptop.
Originally Posted by MELSYD COMMUTE
Currently humping my aging T30 (work provided) around the world, my current spec is:-
IBM T30, Pentium 4 1.8GHz, with 1GB of RAM
I use it as my desktop and run a bunch of intensive apps so not sure about trading down to a sub-note despite the amount of travel I do, also like having a full size'ish set-up when parking myself somewhere for a week.
Have asked if I can upgrade and been told I can have a:-
Thinkpad T42, Pentium-M, 1.7GHz, with 1GB of RAM
But gets billed to my cost centre etc and would have to persuade someone, somewhere to sign off.
Couple of questions:-
- Has anybody done this upgrade?
- What would you do? Do the switch or just grab a new battery and wait for something better to come along in 6 months
- Slower processor speed? But remeber somewhere that Pentium-M effectively double the speed listed vs P4?
- Looking around the web, seems that T42 is actually physically larger and about the same weight?
- Does getting the Pentium-M get me that much more battery life given I am only going to get the standard battery?
Thanks!