Upgrade my T61p

Hi,

A this time I have one IBM T61p with Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5Ghz
with 4GB in Ram 320 HDD and Windows Vista 64 bits.

I AM NOT GAMMER but want buy other laptop more fast and strong, How would be at good option ? I want upgrade my actual system the Money is not problem.

Thanks

 

Theres really no point, you got some pretty decent specs. If you really want buy an SSD but that will set you back a lot of $$$ for a decent one. What do you use your computer for primarily? If its just web-browsing and microsoft office stuff, I'd say its a waste of money to do anything.

 

Well, we run Accounting Software ( development our specifications ) lot Network applications ( server access ).

 

buy Samsung 64GB (SLC) SSD .. it's like 700 bux, but it's fast

your laptop will speed up like crazy

P.S. still didn't understand if you want to buy another laptop or you want to upgrade this one

 

Thank you, 64GB is low capacity, I need minimun 80GB,

I prefer buy a New laptop think that I can buy other option more fast.

Thanks

 

Step up to 17 inch laptops as they often have the space for the fastest components. If you however you insist on 15 inch, check out the alienware m15x. Will no doubt suit your power needs as it can be configured to be one of the fastest 15" notebooks in the industry (core 2 extreme, geforce 9800GT w/512mb). As far as hard drive, you have to sacrific space for performance (SSD), otherwise you cant do much there as far as upgrades.

Nontheless you already have one of the fastest laptops on the markets that should easily handle your accounting needs.

So choices:

1. Look into 17" notebooks
2. Look into alienware, or other similar niche laptop manufactures
3. Upgrade your already powerful laptop to SSD (and suffer storage space).

 

Those high end video cards will do nothing for his performance though since he doesn't game or do anything graphically intensive.

 

well you'll have to wait .. since 64gb is the highest with SLC design

but then, you could compress the drive .. so depending on what you use you could go above 80GB of space


here, second thought: buy two 64GB SSDs, and put the second one on the place of the CD/DVD drive

 

intel x25-m has 80GB, you should look at it.

 

Check out the W700 from Lenovo, if you want a really durable and fast laptop. Since you say that money is not a problem...

 

W700 sound very interesting, after read the information, was New to me. Do you know if is available in 14" ? I trip lot time and 17" is not easy

 

80Gb is HDD ?

 

Would I get better Laptop in different Manufacturer ? I would hear comments

 

All manudacturers use the same components. Unless you want a computer with an extreme or quad processor, or a really high end video card, they are all the same in terms of speed.

x-25m is a really good mlc ssd (hard drive)

 

No, the W700 only comes in 17".

 

no, it is SSD, with about 220MB/s or more read speed
but depends if your laptop will allow it or not.

 

A newer laptop will not be that much faster than what you have now. Wait for the next cycle. Hell, you laptop is probably faster than my new T400...

 

I agree, I'm not really seeing why you think your current laptop is slow. It could be the hard-drive if its 5400, so maybe just get a new 320gb 7200RPM or the Intel SSD

 

Like others have said you have a pretty fast machine there, going to be hard to find anything else faster. I have basically the same machine and it screams. If you want something fast in general look on running a streamlined version of Linux with a window manager like Fluxbox.

Only things that I know of that would faster would be a laptop with quad core CPU, SSD, and 8GB of DDR3 RAM. I think these would be very hard to find in a 14" machine currently...

 

Thank you for you help, I went to review some machines, after read your comments and found this machine, please let me help to know If I am taking good decision:

Lenovo T400
Intel T9600 2.80Ghz 6MB L2 Cache Centrino 2 Motevino Processor - 1066Mhz FSB
14.1" WXGA+ (1440 x 900) LED BackLight Widescreen - Highest Resolution
Dedicated ATI Mobility 3470 with HD Boost
4GB DDR3 PC3-8600 1066Mhz RAM
2GB Intel Turbo FLASH Disk Cache Accelerator
128GB SOLID STATE DISK (SSD) with Active Shock Protection

They told me that I would upgrade the RAM to 8 GB is true ?

Do you think that this machine would be fast ?

Thanks,

 

Its gonna be fast, but the main difference between your current computer and this one would most likely be the SSD. It would be cheaper for you to just buy an SSD for your current machine than to spend $2000 or so on that whole new machine.

 

Sorry but I don't know much about Laptops. Thank you for you suggest will do, just the last ask:

Do you can recommend one Mfg name or Solid State Disk Part Number to buy it ?

Thanks

 

I think that the T400 you posted will be a little bit faster, but not by a lot. I don't think it is worth it to upgrade from what you have to the T400. Are desktops out of the question for you? If you want something much faster than the t61p you might want to look at desktops with a very high end processor($$$$).

I don't have much experience with SSDs, but have looked into them a little. They are still maturing. The MLC technology is much better than the SLC, but also costs a lot more. Read up a bit on SSDs around the web and also on this board. Check out Les's thread here. Also look at his sig for a bunch more info about SSDs.

 

You have essentially exhausted all your laptop options as far as speed is concerned. You basically have the fastest that is available presently. Any modifications you do will help minimally in terms of performance gain. So just enjoy what you have. My sugguestion however would be to also purchase a desktop machine as thats really the only way to satisfy your power needs. You can use the laptop when you need the portability, and the desktop when you need the power.

 

Well I want give you my gratitude a this forum to all member, than took time to answered me....are great persons was very helpful ...THANK YOU.

I will buy one Solid State HDD to increase " few my system " I don't want buy a Desktop, think that will wait some months to buy one best system available,

THANK YOU,