[ltp] Recommended Thinkpad Model? $1500?

[Meidinger Chris]

Hi Alejandro,

get a t42p with a 15" monirot, it's the best notebook in the world.

Also, it's worth the money.

Also, it's expensive.

An r51 might do the trick too, also available in 15".

Cheers,

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org 
> [mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of 
> Steven J. Owens
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:18 AM
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Recommended Thinkpad Model? $1500?
> 
> Alejandro,
> 
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 11:55:18PM -0600, Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> > 
> http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalo
> > 
> gId=-840&productId=8717189&storeId=1&langId=-1&dualCurrId=73&categoryI
> > d=2072541
> > 
> > That is a nice deal. I just got a IBM T42p with some more 
> crap in it 
> > and was about $2000
> 
>      Looks nice, but I kinda have my heart set on 15" or bigger.
> Right now, my plan is to hit IBM's site and see what fits in 
> my budget.  However, their "notebook finder" really doesn't 
> seem to be all that useful.
>  
> > You can call and make them build it for you and get some 
> more if you 
> > get a cool Seller...
> 
>      How does this work?
>  
> > I used a T40 for work, it's small, thin, powerfull, and the most 
> > important for me, is that the HD wouldn't spin like crazy and was 
> > about 32C. My previous Dell 8600 with Debian was about at 
> 40-42C and I 
> > had to use laptop_mode to make it cool down - This is why 
> I'm moving -
> > 
> > If you have $1800, You can really get a nice deal.
> 
>      A good friend has a T40, I've been watching him use it 
> and it's fairly impressive it's fairly sweet, but he doesn't 
> use it as his primary machine, so it's hard to say how well 
> it would stand up to my usage pattern.  It's good to hear 
> that it runs cool... my tecra gets dang hot.
> 
> 
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