Not a mac, but still a killer machine

[Temetka]

I recently traded my Thinkpad X41T Tablet PC for this Thinkpad T43.

Specs:

2.0GHz Pentium M

1GB DDR RAM <- Now 1.5GB and I am going to order another stick of 1GB to replace that 512

6-Cell battery

14.1" XGA LCD soon to be replaced with a 14.1" SXGA+ LCD

Intel 2200BG Wifi

30GB HD soon to be replaced with a WD 160 Scorpio blue once they send me back the drive I RMA'd to them

DVD-ROM / CD-RW Drive

ATI X300 GPU w/ 64MB of RAM and can borrow system RAM as needed. Handles Aero just fine.

The system is currently running Windows 7 and it runs nice and quick. I was happy with the performance of my old tablet but I need more CPU and GPU power since the tablet had an Intel 915GPU in it.

I miss having a 14.1" laptop and I love Thinkpads especially the T4x series as they have the multi colored keyboards.

Here is a sample pic of what the machine looks like:

 

[Cory5412]

Whoo, ThinkPad T4x!

I have a T42p hanging around as a spare system, although it's the 15-inch kind. They are fantastic systems. Mine's running Windows Vista, primarily as I've been too lazy to change that to anything else.

 

[protocol7]

I hear people suggest that the newer Lenovo Thinkpads aren't as well-built as the old IBM ones. Is there a cut-off point where you can say that any machine up to that point is a classic built-to-last-forever Thinkpad?

 

[coius]

I beg to differ. My Lenovo has been a dream of a machine to own. Rock solid, no issues. You really gotta treat them rough to break them. I have had mine for about a year and it has been great. Solid performer (T400 with discrete/integrated graphics, DDR3, 2.53Ghz CPU) and the case has been redesigned by Lenovo with a roll-cage in it that makes it more reliable. If anything, the T40 I had when I had it had known USB 2.0 port issues where there was corrosion that would happen on the USB 2.0 chip and would knock it down to 1.1 speed. So I would end up having to get a USB 2.0 card to do all my USB 2.0 needs.

Even then, the T40 was really nice. I like my T400 and recommend Lenovo way more than Apple machines.

The only machine I know from apple that is really reliable, is the Mini. I have mine and I don't really hear about recalls or anything about them.

 

[Temetka]

Thinkpads, whether IBM or Lenovo are designed and built far better than most of their competitors. Lenovo added the roll cage which really helps things out.

TBH the only main issue is with the T4x series and the GPU coming loose requiring a motherboard swap or reballing service. That being said not all T4x machines are affected and most of them are still kicking along just fine. Just don't pick the system up by the corner which stresses the motherboard and you should be good to go.

Over the last decade I have owned many, many thinkpads and not a 1 of them have ever given me any kind of hardware issues. I've watched friends and family go from one consumer POS to another and my Thinkpads just smile and keep ticking along. It is funny when they ask why my laptops so long and tell them to buy a thinkpad. Then they come back to me and say but they are so expensive, i'll just get another HP Pavillion. I tell them, good luck with that.

Thinkpads rock.

Period.

 

[protocol7]

That's good to know.

That T4x GPU issue was the same one that affected the iBooks as well. Mine thankfully has never developed that fault and is pushing 8 years old.