Remember the new Thinkpads with the Ivy Bridge processors will be out probably by June/July. You might want to wait for the newer machines or possibly the pricing on the old ones will drop.
_______________________ Robert Rosen Senior Technical Advisor, NIAMS Sent from the portable shiny device Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:16 -0400 From: Stuart Friedman <shrinkwra...@gmail.com<mailto:shrinkwra...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad Digest, Vol 104, Issue 11 To: thinkpad@stderr.org<mailto:thinkpad@stderr.org> Message-ID: <cahywkf08gqqvevx1-s0gaxaaoxy7+ayyzzdp7rtmdrprjvq...@mail.gmail.com<mailto:cahywkf08gqqvevx1-s0gaxaaoxy7+ayyzzdp7rtmdrprjvq...@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Pardon if you have seen this elsewhere, time is drawing near and I need to make a decision in the next 24 hours on this. I am about to order a T520 with FHD screen and one of the i5 processors. My use is web, watching videos, office applications and some light use of Lightroom. It seems that the least expensive processor should work, but I am uncertain about video and wireless. There is some discussion around that it best to avoid the default Thinkpad wireless card and go for one of the Intel. As to video... upgrading to the NVIDIA Quadro NVS4200M Optimus technology (1GB) from the integrated Intel GPU adds about $120 to the price. It presumably lowers battery life (not terribly important as I am usually on AC) but not sure that my use warrants it. This replaces a T43 with the IPS screen, still mostly works but getting long in the tooth, I am soon to lose my access to the EPP, and I need to future proof myself, especially when it comes to possible repairs. Suggestions? Stuartf ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org<mailto:Thinkpad@stderr.org> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad End of Thinkpad Digest, Vol 104, Issue 12 ***************************************** _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
