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

[David A. Desrosiers]

>> If you need the higher-speed graphics, you can get external video 
>> cards now with a USB

> Are you joking?

No:

http://www.everythingusb.com/iogear_usb_2.0_external_video_card_12787.html

>> The roughly 2-hour difference in battery life from integrated vs. 
>> dedicated can really swing your choice

> This is just extremely hard to believe and when comparing to other 
> factual errors in your mail, it seems to me that you made that 
> number up, sorry.

Check the pdf on Lenovo's site, that's where the numbers came from.

http://shop.lenovo.com/ISS_Static/merchandising/US/PDFs/T61p_Datasheet-USEN-00.pdf

With optional UltrabayTM battery
14.1" standard (discrete/integrated)
6 cell: 6hr / 8.7hr
9 cell: 8hr / 11.5hr

15.4" widescreen (discrete/integrated)
6 cell: 6hr / 8.4hr
9 cell: 7.9hr / 11.1hr