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    Trading a new acer for a T40 Thinkpad?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Ever.monk, Apr 14, 2008.

  1. Ever.monk

    Ever.monk Notebook Consultant

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    Hello everyone,

    Ive come here for some advice. At the moment ive got an acer 5672 with the following specs:

    CD 1,66Ghz, 1GB Ram, x1600 128mb, 120GB HD, 15,4" WXGA, Vista Home premium

    The problem is the thing is too large (more like 17" with 15" screen) and short battery life. I also want a something more durable than an acer, so thinkpad is the logical choice. Dont game much anymore so dont care about the downgrade.

    In the local market I notice that this is worth a little bit more (IMO) than a T40 thinkpad. With the following specs approx. :

    Pentium M 1.6Ghz, 512mb ram, ati 7500 32mb, 40GB HD, 14.1" XGA, XP Pro

    I was curious around how much of a performance hit this will be (for normal tasks like internet, word, films), and if i'll still be able to play WC3?

    Is this a reasonable trade?

    Any other thoughts would also be much appreciated!
     
    Ever.monk, Apr 14, 2008
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  2. Ithcandos

    Ithcandos Notebook Consultant

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    Well, If you're just using internet, word and such the performance hit wont be that bad. CD is only really useful for doing a lot of stuff at the same time, and for applications which can use it.

    I have a T43 P-M 1.6GHz and it is just fine for watching movies and browsing. I would however put another 512MB-1GB the one availbale to you. That will certainly make the slowdown much less noticeable, even if your running XP.

    Well, it also fulfills the WC3 min specs, and I think that it will be able to do a decent job of running it at 1024x768, which is the resolution of that 14.1" screen if i'm not mistaking
     
    Ithcandos, Apr 14, 2008
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  3. Ever.monk

    Ever.monk Notebook Consultant

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    Well, luckily I bought a single 2GB DDR2 533MHz stick for my acer. I won't be including that in the sale, so technically i should have around 2,25GB ram, if the motherboard takes it. For the rest are you happy with your T43? Hows the weight/bulkiness?
     
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  4. lappyforphotoshop

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    dont get the old laptop , it is outdaated no matter what name it 's got on its case.
     
    lappyforphotoshop, Apr 14, 2008
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  5. Ever.monk

    Ever.monk Notebook Consultant

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    I do understand I'll go down in raw power, but i dont really need it anymore...
    What i want is a smaller laptop, and one that will have a longer physical lifetime.

    Im just curious if monetary-wise its a good trade? And according to my description if its a good trade
     
    Ever.monk, Apr 14, 2008
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    jin07 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I'd go for the Thinkpad simply because I think pretty much all Acers are junk. The laptop will be fine for basic tasks, though I'm not sure about various games because I don't play PC games often.

    I think people consider the T40 the last great thinkpad if that's worth anything to you.
     
    jin07, Apr 14, 2008
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