Lenovo t410 vs Sony CW26

usage: autocad, solidworks, light gaming:

sony pros
+330m
+4gb ram
+500gb hdd
sony cons
-1 year warrenty
-white - ewwww

Lenovo Pros
+durable
+3 year warrenty

-3100m


difference makers:
gpu differences vs durability

 

the question might be hard to answer, depending on what you try to identify yourself as in this world, sony and thinkpad are two different brand conveying different symbolic value.

maybe from a specification-wise, the sony might be better. But depends on what your role in the society is, your current social class status, what your aspirations are.

 

wow, really like that response, and thats exactly how I really feel about the situation haha.
I really don't like the fact that the sony is white - I don't want to be placed in that category of user.

I'm currently a 3rd year civil engineering major and looking to go into graduate school. My m1330 just died on my so I need a replacement.

The sony is really better spec-ed in all respects, but I'm weary of that warenty and the color ( I can't believe color is playing a role, but I dont want to attend meetings with a white laptop - though breaking social norms are fine with me most of the time).

Do you guys know of all the cons for the t410?

 

I think I see a fair number more laptops than most, but unless you work for NBR or are a laptop tech it's really hard to see everything, let alone be in a position to give an informed opinion of one machine compared to another. Quality/Support wise, I'd take ThinkPad over any of the other notebooks I've seen of late, but honestly whether things work out is probably more related to dumb luck more than anything else. You should probably figure what best fits your needs, go for it and hope for the best.

 

if your an engineer, then what better to convey your ambition other than a thinkpad! like this guy from NASA or this dude . i'm hoping to get into investment bank, and thinkpad certainly will help me get connected on a personal level with the interviewer since most business people use thinkpad.

Using a thinkpad is like saying "I'm as all about efficiency! I use my laptop for work only"

Using a white sony is like saying "I like to play games on my laptop, and watch movies", don't forget who makes the playstation and invented blu-ray"

 

That's some weird stuff I read here....

Thinkpads approach a different market than Sonys.
Quality vs. Quantity.
The CW26 is indeed consumer-oriented, thus you can buy them at Walmart.

How often do you use the laptop for games?
If you use it in school I think durability is key: speaks for the TP.

Every time is see a Thinkpad I know, the guy or girl has a clue (or at least their IT Department has).
How many business-people have you seen using a Sony?
Usually they use DELLs, Lenovos or HPs, at least here in the States and Europe.

Might be different in Asia though.

Anyways,
you get what you pay for. Especially in the long run.
Your TP will probably still be working in 5 years, I doubt that with the Sony.
My Sony SZ started falling apart after 2 years, and I paid more for it than I paid for my current T410 with SSD and i7.

 

Civil Engineers with white laptops? No way. That aside, you should go with the T410, not only will it fit your chosen profession more, but the durability and warranty are a big deal and the t410 wins that. You'll have enough power for CAD design with the T410.

 

does a good gaming card deliver the same performance (as in gaming) when it comes to CAD? probably no..i dont know.

i was in a similar situation a couple of months ago and i decided to get t410 with nvidia 3100m. i use my laptop now to do quite extensive 3D visualization (VTK, java3D, etc), and it performs beautifully.

 

I doubt many use a white laptop in your line of work.

 

I think the NVS3100m (G210M/G310M according to NotebookCheck) has drivers which are specially optimized for CAD and professional work; it suffers poor performance on gaming, and therefore is lower on benchmarks. However, the 330M probably has more than enough power to compensate.

 

Yea, I think i'm going for the t410 but I"m concerned now about the gpu.

If anyone can please confirm the efficiency of the gpu for autocad/solidworks please help

Thanks

 

so, what did you decide finally. I am also in a similar situation as yours and am concerned if T410 can handle autocad!

 

Strange reason(s) for buying a laptop: According to me!

 

Nobody complains about Lenovo CAD drivers. They complain about WoW frame rates!

If you really need high powered business/scientific/CAD graphics, you'll have to switch over to the W510. Yeah, it's heavy, but it's a VERY powerful laptop, including 4 RAM slots instead of 2 & a CAD-optimized GPU.

By CAD, I mean CAD and solid modeling programs.

Sony will be the exact opposite, optimized for WoW & other games at the expense of CAD-type application support.

When I studied engineering, I would have killed for a good Tablet computer. What a joy to be able to write down equations & draw graphs on a tablet! Those engineering text books were heavy & expensive. It would have been great to carry around an e-copy of a text book that allowed me to mark up sections in the e-book and still use search functions on those pesky "open book" tests.