Temetka
Well-known member
Yes, it is mine.
Thank you craigslist.
I've been having a PC laptop craving going on for months. I tried to satiate with a Dell D500 that looks to be dying and an Enpower P3 machine. None of them cut the mustard for in terms of speed and options.
What's a geek to do then?
I was all set to buy a unit from a member on the forum.thinkpads.com forums but a late night posting from a seller on CL grabbed my attention. I picked up a T42 2373-6YU model for $225 cash. Specs:
1.7GHz Pentium M "Dothan" 2MB L2 Cache CPU @ 400MHz FSB
1GB PC2700 DDR (expandable to 2)
40GB HD
DVD-ROM / CD-ROM
ATI Radeon 7500 32MB GPU
XGA 15" LCD
Intel b/g wifi
I went to fry's to look for laptop HD's to replace the gimpy 40GB drive. I found a Western Digital unit for $59 in retail packaging (3 year warranty) for get this:
$59.00
Sold, as a matter of fact I bought 2. Such a price! The drive is pretty darn fast and IMO the increased areal density does wonders for seek times. Sure it's 5400RPM but man it's a quick one.
Next on the list is to get the 2nd HD ultrabay adapter and go dual hard drive. This will grant me 320GB of local storage so as I can triple boot XP Pro, Linux and OS X.
I missed my old T41p that got sold in a moment of stupidity. I am really loving the T42 now although it wants to replace my AlBook as my primary unit, it will not.
Thank you craigslist.
I've been having a PC laptop craving going on for months. I tried to satiate with a Dell D500 that looks to be dying and an Enpower P3 machine. None of them cut the mustard for in terms of speed and options.
What's a geek to do then?
I was all set to buy a unit from a member on the forum.thinkpads.com forums but a late night posting from a seller on CL grabbed my attention. I picked up a T42 2373-6YU model for $225 cash. Specs:
1.7GHz Pentium M "Dothan" 2MB L2 Cache CPU @ 400MHz FSB
1GB PC2700 DDR (expandable to 2)
40GB HD
DVD-ROM / CD-ROM
ATI Radeon 7500 32MB GPU
XGA 15" LCD
Intel b/g wifi
I went to fry's to look for laptop HD's to replace the gimpy 40GB drive. I found a Western Digital unit for $59 in retail packaging (3 year warranty) for get this:
$59.00
Sold, as a matter of fact I bought 2. Such a price! The drive is pretty darn fast and IMO the increased areal density does wonders for seek times. Sure it's 5400RPM but man it's a quick one.
Next on the list is to get the 2nd HD ultrabay adapter and go dual hard drive. This will grant me 320GB of local storage so as I can triple boot XP Pro, Linux and OS X.
I missed my old T41p that got sold in a moment of stupidity. I am really loving the T42 now although it wants to replace my AlBook as my primary unit, it will not.