Planet Geek!: Which Thinkpad?

October 7, 2005

Which Thinkpad?

So I've been given the Okie Dokey to upgrade my laptop (featured here) to something with more memory and a faster CPU. The current machine is a T40 (1.2ghz, 768meg, 40gig). (although, for some mysterious reason, /proc/cpuinfo -always- says:

model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz
stepping        : 5
cpu MHz         : 598.174

even though I've disabled all speedstep stuff in the bios.

ANYWAY. I need More. Running eclipse, jboss, firefox, evolution, and apache, plus most likely an Oracle instance means I need at least 2 gig of memory on the machine.

I'm totally confused by the Thinkpad lineup nowadays. I think what I want is a T43 maxed out on memory, but maybe I'm wrong? The only other thing I definately need is 1400x1200 on the laptop screen. I do enough work on the machine itself that 1024x768 is -right- out as a workable resolution.

Anyone care to untangle the mess that is the Thinkpad line for me? My requirements are:

1.8ghz or faster
2 gig of memory (I can start with 1 gig and upgrade later)
at least 40 gig of disk
15" display
On-screen resolution of 1400x1050

Help?

Posted by dbs at October 7, 2005 2:23 PM

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No. I think you're right. A T43p mobile workstation really does sound like what you're looking for.

It meets all your requirements and has better resolution (1600x1200).

Other than that, I'd have to agree that the Thinkpad line is confusing as hell.

Posted by: Kalimar at October 7, 2005 5:25 PM

We've been buying the T42P. They're supa-fast, and the screens are the nicest things this side of the 17" power book.

I'll see if I can email some specs.

Posted by: Christopher at October 8, 2005 10:44 AM