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Thinkpad T21
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I'd offer $90-100... I sold my T21 a year ago for $135 so I think they have come down in value a little since then....
The T2x series are easily one of the best laptop models ever made. They're not speed demons today, but they'll get your work done. They're dependable (tank-like, really), expandable, easy to fix and source parts for, not heavy, they run for a few hours on a good battery, and are compatible with every x86 OS I've thrown at them save NeXTSTEP. I really wouldn't want to be without my T20.
Based on this: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T21 your suspicions that it's faster than the ad says it is make a lot of sense.
If it's actually a T21 and it's in good condition, I'd say to go for it. If you try not to throw it around like a frisbee, it'll last just about forever. Also, ThinkPads tend to hold their value really, freakishly well.
I've got an A21m and an X24 hanging around here, and neither of them feel like laptops that are five to eight or nine years old, and yet, they're from December 2000 and March 2003, respectively, and they're both still chugging along just fine. The X24 is my main mobile computer.
If it's actually a T21 and it's in good condition, I'd say to go for it. If you try not to throw it around like a frisbee, it'll last just about forever. Also, ThinkPads tend to hold their value really, freakishly well.
I've got an A21m and an X24 hanging around here, and neither of them feel like laptops that are five to eight or nine years old, and yet, they're from December 2000 and March 2003, respectively, and they're both still chugging along just fine. The X24 is my main mobile computer.
I find that FLP is missing a lot of features that I need so I would recommend using XP and disabling most of the "best appearance" options (cursor/menu shadow, font smoothing, fading/scrolling menus, etc.).
Because Microsoft wants you to buy new hardware instead of continuing to run old hardware. Microsoft always makes their system use more system resources so that people will buy more hardware. They did that with Vista and since no one was prepared to upgrade their hardware, it ran slow and everyone complained. Unfortunately most people don't remember that Microsoft did the same thing with XP and look how many XP users there are now.
The Vista thing was a matter of Intel and the PC vendors (other than HP, ridiculously enough) not wanting to make systems with newer chipsets that cost more.
The Windows Vista performance fiasco has blown over though, now that we've got systems on newer chipsets, like the now-ancient 965, and G/Q/P/X series chipsets.
The Windows Vista performance fiasco has blown over though, now that we've got systems on newer chipsets, like the now-ancient 965, and G/Q/P/X series chipsets.
