[ltp] Purchasing New Laptop

[Joel Ebel]

The only thing that makes a T40p a *p* is the fact that it has the 
FireGL graphics and can thus be considered a mobile workstation.  All 
other differences are model differences only.  Mine (2373-92U), as well 
as some other people's mentioned on this list, is almost identical to 
the T40p (2373-G1U), with one trade-off.  Mine has an 80GB HD and a 
Radeon 9000 32 MB, where the G1U has only 40GB and has the FireGL 9000 
64 MB.  To me double the hard drive was much more worth it than having 
the FireGL that may be more difficult to set up.  I have a bluetooth 
light and all the other features originally mentioned in this thread.

Given that, the options currently available may vary greatly from time 
to time.  I'm glad I got mine when I did because it went off the website 
shortly afterwards and I haven't seen one similar since.  Unfortunately 
now it does nothing since my hard drive is read-only!  Reminds me of 
having  Dell again.

The bluetooth "Combo" card is the modem and bluetooth combined on one 
card.  it is unrelated to the wireless card.

Joel

honey@gneek.com wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Steve Barr wrote:
> 
> 
>>Andrew Biggadike wrote:
>>
>>>Most of you folks with T40 laptops seem to have the T40p.  I am
>>>currently looking into getting a T40 and, while the T40p models have
>>>some nicer features, they don't seem to be worth the extra cost. 
>>
>>I don't claim to understand the selection of models, but I think
>>it boils down to:
>>512mb vs 256mb
>>7200RPM 60gb drive (new T40p models 2373-G3U and -G5U)
>>
>>>o ATI FireGL 9000 (64mb) rather than Mobility Radeon 7000 (32mb)
>>>o 9-cell battery rather than 6-cell
> 
> 
> Prospective T40 buyer here, and I'm a little confused by this.  At
> least in the UK, it looks like you can get a T40 with:
> 
> 1400x1050
> 9-cell battery
> 512MB standard RAM
> IBM Combo 802.11a/b (or the Intel one)
> Bluetooth
> 80GB drive
> Radeon Mobility 9000
> Gb ethernet
> 
> Ref:
> http://www5.pc.ibm.com/uk/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_TC192UK?OpenDocument
> 
> This led me to believe that the only real standard difference between the
> T40 and the T40p was the graphics card, and possibly the current
> availability of a faster 60GB disk?
> 
> Is there any other difference I should know about before going for
> the T40 rather than T40p?  One of the links kindly given on the list
> indicated the T40p had a bluetooth activity light, but again this
> little difference might not be a T40/p variation, but a variation
> between models shipped with/without bluetooth?  I'd like to know if
> there's any other body differences between the two, as I was only
> really going to a plain T40 because I don't need super graphics, and
> the Radeon Mobility seemed more straightforward right now in Linux?
> 
> Also: the bluetooth is listed with the IBM "combo" card: does the
> "combo" refer to the the a/b variants of 802.11, or is bluetooth
> functionality on the card itself.  I ask because I might ask for my
> machine to be shipped with the Cisco card, depending on the valiant
> efforts of the Atheros people, and don't want to lose bluetooth if
> I go that way.
> 
>