[ltp] x31 vs x41

[Paul Fox]

 > 
 > > I've been thinking
 > > about getting a used x31 or x41. Is it worth the
 > > extra money to get a x41?
 > 
 > The X41 uses a PentiumM. The price for these dropped a lot since everybody  
 > and
 > his brother tries to get a intel Core. Acceptable "basic" new X41s sell  
 > around 1000 Euro:
 > http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/product_info.php/notebooks/ibmlenovo/thinkpad_x4
 > 1x60/lenovo_thinkpad_x41_sondermodell

i'm reasonably happy with the X41 i picked up recently.  i still haven't
gotten the video switching to work completely reliably, so that i can
cycle through screen/external/both when i'm on the dock, but since i've
seen all three modes work at one time or other, i assume i'll get it
someday.

they're certainly getting cheaper fast -- i paid $1400 (including dock)
using a combination of the lenovo external (for the dock) and employee (for
the notebook) websites, and i just got a sale email from buy.com which
has that combo for $969, albeit with only 512MB instead of 1G.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 18.1 degrees)