- Considering the T40 for business school...
- Posted by DBojano228 on July 1st, 2003
I will soon purchase a new laptop and lately have been looking at IBM's
website. Right now they have a T40 on sale for about ~$1600 or so that comes
with 1.3 Pentium M and 256 memory and CDRW/DVD and the Centrino setup. I will
be using this laptop for business school, and it will also replace my ancient
Win95 pc at home.
Is this a decent configuration? I will need a laptop for wireless internet at
business school (going for my MBA - school is wired). It does not come with MS
Office but I plan on buying Office 2003 Professional as soon as it is released.
I may use the CDRW/DVD to watch a movie occasionally or to burn a CDR (either
music or backup a file). However, since I work full-time and school will be at
night, I won't have much time for games, etc. I need it primarily for
b-school and internet use.
Would I benefit by buying extra RAM? Maybe pump it up to 512MB? When I'm
online I like to use the AOL, MSN, & Yahoo IM programs while I'm using computer
for other stuff, sometimes playing a CD. I dont mind paying more for extra RAM
but I don't want to buy more than I really need, since I won't be doing
anything really heavy-duty. I hear that 256 RAM is the minimum needed...but is
that still too sluggish?
Also, if I buy the laptop can anyone recommend a good wireless router to go
with the Centrino? My cable box is in an inconvenient location in my apt. If
I am to get cable modem, I'll need to go wireless since I don't want a modem
cable running across my apt.
Thanks for any help/tips you can provide!
- Posted by Marcel Klein on July 1st, 2003
You could always add more ram... or go for a bigger HD.... either good...
but for the things you are planning to do (internet, Office, DVD) you wont
notice a difference on a machine with half the RAM, half the CPU and even
half the price...
No Hardcore gaming, no VideoCutting/editing, no Software development, no
Multimedia Authoring.. no need for more...
- Posted by Henry B Jobin on July 1st, 2003
How else would one set up wireless network ?
If you know how to set up a wirelwss network other than point to point (ad
hoc) without wires please tell me.
Thank you for your educated contribution to our sucking economy.
Henry
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- Posted by Peter T. Breuer on July 1st, 2003
Henry B Jobin <hbjobin@prodigy.net> wrote:
One connects a wireless hub ("base station") via ethernet to some hub,
switch or machine already connected to the internet (if interested) or
intranet, and sticks wireless cards in the other machines. What else
would you need?
Eh?
What are you talking about?
Perer
- Posted by Hadoken on July 1st, 2003
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dbojano228@aol.comatose (DBojano228) wrote in
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I just finished B school. Yeah a T40 works fine. You really do nothing
more than basic Office and check e-mail. However, I'd rather save $700 or
so and get an older T23 from www.ebaystore.com/ibm. For $1100 you can get
a machine with a bigger HD/DVD/Wifi...just need to buy an extra 256MB of
ram for $50. Much better deal. THey are brand new IBM machines with full
warranty.
- Posted by Bill T on July 2nd, 2003
"DBojano228" <dbojano228@aol.comatose> wrote in message
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Shut off computer. Open little latch with screwdriver. Pop in new RAM
alongside old RAM (there are 2 holders). Put latch back. Turn on computer.
You are done. Confirm by going to ControlPanel and clicking "System".
- Posted by eMeL on July 2nd, 2003
"DBojano228" <dbojano228@aol.comatose> wrote in message
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Adding memory is easy, but ThinkPads come with a booklet, sort of a short manual,
which among other things covers step-by-step adding/removing memory by non-technical
end users.
<>emeL<>
- Posted by Hadoken on July 3rd, 2003
dbojano228@aol.comatose (DBojano228) wrote in
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Installing RAM is a walk in the park. Get a 256 stick...the price
difference between 128 and 256 is marginal. Oh yeah, don't waste your
money on an IBM Ultrabay CD burner. I never burned at school. Just get a
cheap Firewire/USB 2.0 desktop burner for $100 or less.
- Posted by Chip Orange on July 20th, 2003
Just playing "devil's advocate", is third-party ram as reliable as that of
ibm? What's the chance of accidental damage (not covered by waranty) during
installation? How much money are you saving?
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