Originally Posted by
Tennisbum
Oh, my head is spinning. (I don't have the techie smarts for this.)
On the one hand, I do usually have open simultaneously IE7 with multiple tabs & streaming radio, Outlook, and either several spreadsheets or a couple of Publisher projects and/or a Photoshop project or 2.
Does that count as several windows?
On the other hand, I wear very strong bifocals and the resolution on my laptop 1280x800 pixels, 120 dpi (is it quite clear now that I've no clue what I'm talking about?) is as small as I can possible read comfortably.
FWIW, I am planning to go with 4GB ram.
The default display panel for the 61Tp is listed as 15.4 WXSGA+TFT and the System Graphics as NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB Open GL).
Sorry to be such an idiot. I really appreciate the help.
With 4GB of main memory and 256MB of VRAM, the battery life of the T61p will be bad, even in standby. If you need good battery life, the T61 with 2GB of RAM will be a better choice. If the machine is plugged in most of the time, any amount of RAM will be ok. I use the small battery in my T60 with 2GB of RAM and the battery life is not great. The same batteries are used in the T61/T61p. We buy X60s for people who want great battery life.
If you are using 1280x800 WXGA now, 1920x1200 WUXGA will be too big of a jump. You probably should go to the store and find a 15.4 inch 1680x1050 WSXGA+ and see if you like it. WSXGA+ will allow you to show more on a larger desktop. I like being able to see corner of some window pane and click on it. Larger desk top allows you to do that. Actually I use both the laptop LCD (1400x1050) and a 20 inch monitor (1280x1024) side by side on my office desk. The smaller laptop LCD is used for the mail box and the larger monitor is used for work space.
My colleague use his 20 inch monitor at 800x600 to see better. Since LCD doesn't look good in non-native resolutions, he use a high end CRT.