[ltp] What to take care of when buying a Lenovo?

[Tobi]

David A. Desrosiers wrote:

> Don't forget the increased battery life as well. 

Yes, I consider this a "bonus" :-)


> If you're going to buy a higher-end machine like this, and battery life
> is a concern


It's not my main concern, but battery life shouldn't be below the average.


, remember to buy one with _integrated_ graphics, not the
> external graphics adapter. If you need the higher-speed graphics


I don't need very much graphics performance. Besides Firefox and Thunderbird, my
main applications are Eclipse on Linux, Visual Studio on Windows (virtual) and
the terminal window :-) Very rarely I need some OpenGL for a CAD program, but
I think as long as I don't intend to play any high-end-3D-games, I'm ok with an
integrated Intel graphics chip.

It seems, for the T61p only Nvidia graphics cards are available. What's the main
difference besides this, between the T61 and T61p?


> you can get external video cards now with a USB, DVI or Express connector. 

External USB video cards? I haven't seen these yet, but I assume USB doesn't
provide enough bandwith for a graphics card, does it?. And I haven't seen any
Express video cards either.

Tobias