We have not seen significant problems with the newer Thinkpads so far. I also agree that the X301 is a sweet machine, although expensive.
I doubt a SSD will provide any significant increase in speed. At this point they're not much faster than a regular disk (YMMV). __________________________________ Robert Rosen Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- >Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:24:05 -0400 >From: John Toliver <[email protected]> >Subject: [Thinkpad] What type of > >I am probably going to have to upgrade my laptop in the near future. >I use a Thinkpad T23 with 1GB ram, 40GB HDD, a 1.13 GHz processor and >Windows XP. > >I don't really want to upgrade as most of the reviews I've seen don't >speak too highly of the thinkpad workmanship these days. What I want >is a solid construction laptop (no flexing or creasing with pressure) >with a core 2 duo and at least a 1GB of ram and at least a 100GB HDD. > >I looked at the macbooks with the new unibody construction but I've >heard they tend to stop powering on after you've had them for a few >months. I like the idea of the mac but I think the quality has gone >down in recent years. The problem is I think the same thing has >happened to Thinkpads when they became lenovo made. > >Does anyone have any personal experience with the newer brands. I'm >looking for essentially what I have now in the T23 just with a faster >processor and more memory and storage space. > >Alternatively, I was going to spring for a 60GB SSD and a dvd burner >in this T23 and see if the HDD upgrade would make a difference in >enough to stall this decision. > >How fast are the SSD's and do they live as long as the conventional >drives. How do you all like them? > >Thanks in advance for any feedback, > >-- >I've discovered the key to success is to never give up. You either >learn the right way, or you run out of ways to do it wrong. A win/win >situation! > > >------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
