Pity me for my indecisiveness for I've narrowed it down to these 2 lappies. I'll list the notables.
X61:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T8300 (2.4GHz 800MHz 3MBL2)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic
12.1" XGA TFT
1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 (1 DIMM)
Intel GMA X3100 GM965
100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EU/LA/ANZ
8 cell High Capa Battery (X60)
Total = $1,003.85
T400:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor P8400 (2.26GHz 1066MHz 3MBL2)1
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
14.1 WXGA+ TFT w/ LED BL
ATI Mobility Radeon 3640 with 256MB
2 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 (2 DIMM)
100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
CD-RW/DVD-ROM, Ultrabay Slim5
6 cell Li-Ion Battery60
Total = $1,003.54
Yes, I managed to configure them enough by 30 cents difference. All prices are Canadian.
For school generally. Alot of photoshop/video editing. Little to no gaming. Portability and battery life is important to me mostly, and enough power for my tasks.
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IMHO, its very simpleif youre going to be doing image/video editing youre going to want the larger screenand the 2GB RAM (you dont want to run Vista with less).
T400. -
I didn't put more ram into the x61 because Lenovo's prices for ddr2 is unreasonable imo, the upgrading is cheaper with after market ram. The T400 does have a LED screen though which would be great for colors.
Hmmm, perhaps I'm making an error in thinking a near ultra portable like the x61 with its 12.1'' screen was made for applications like creative suite? -
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No doubt that you would enjoy the portability of the X61 - but I agree with BinkNR: the XGA screen or even the video card will not cut it for the work that you will be doing! Integrated graphics (especially the X3100) will be way too underpowered for you.
You should go for the T400 for sure.
Edit: Looks like I posted right when you made your decision -
T400: Everything else.
Then my decision has been made. Thank you blinknr and faruk and pretty much everyone on this forum. You folks at Notebook Review have once again been awesome. Cheers! -
How'd you get the T400 down to that price?
The lowest I can get is $1,115.05 (for the same options you list above) using visaperks.ca -
X61 vs T400
Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Arngrihm, Aug 26, 2008.