[ltp] Recommended Thinkpad Model? $1500?

[Eben King]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 18:45, Steven J. Owens wrote:
> 
> >      Factors that aren't as important:
> > 
> >      - Faster CPU and more RAM is always good, but I'm expecting this
> >        to be a massive step up from my old Tecra, so I'm not too
> >        stressed about getting the fastest CPU on the market.
> 
> I'd max out the budget for RAM before budgeting for the CPU, at least up
> to 512M to 1G.  A fast CPU swaps to disk quicker than a slow CPU, but
> still...

Buy your RAM from Crucial or Mushkin or wherever, but not from IBM.  IBM 
really gouges for RAM.

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