Perfect machine (minus OSX)

[legion]

I'm with tgl on this one. It's 1"thick and the weight is 5.8lbs with dvd-burner, 15" 1600x1200 screen with 170degree viewing angles, lasts over 7 hours on one battery charge, and has the best video card on the market. Plus, the 1GB it ships with is a solid 1GB stick which means you still have an open slot to add more. The hard drive is also the fastest on the market (7200rpm) (which is why they aren't giving you the largest which only is available at 5400rpm) This is a model to be a real workhorse (2GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 21watt max usage)

The 14.1" version of the T42p at 1400x1050 resolution is 4.9lbs and gives you a larger desktop than the 17"PB (1440x900) and is close to being the same weight as the 12"PB (4.6lbs) while having a better battery life and performance near to the top-of-the-line desktops.

This is the reason there isn't an outcry over IBM's prices.. they give you performance, and charge for it, but they also give you reliability and top-flight specs. No nickel and diming in the longrun.

As for looks, it's classic black with a matte black finish. Sure the script kiddies won't be ooh-ing and ahh-ing, but anyone with refined taste will respect its looks. Plus, in a boardroom, understated elegance is better than flash-in-the-pan shine.

 

[legion]

They haven't changed the design since the early 90s. What's wrong with IBM? Do they not understand...this laptop looks like $#!@ with IBM stamped on it. o well, if it sells.

It's also in the Museum of Modern Art for its design... (actually a few thinkpads are, including one for the "butterfly" keyboard and one of the originals for the black-squared-off design)

 

[invaLPsion]

This laptop is nothing.

Check out the Go L laptops, now those are AMAZING.

 

[fBaran]

No FireWire either.

 

[radhak]

LIAR! The T42's were announced on Monday and won't ship for 2 more weeks at the earliest. No one has them yet so how did you "work on one."

Typical BS.

Oops

No, i definitely did not 'work on' the T42. Rather, it was the T41p that my friend had bought in December. I guess all thinkpads look the same to me, as do their nomenclature. I apologize.

 

[jackieonasses]

tpl...i cant really understand your first posts ever on a mac forum is about a ibm.....

but that thing is expensive....and ugly.....

 

[aussie_geek]

yuk

Sorry people, that laptop stinks. I wouldn't be seen dead with that!! It has a tray loading cd drive for goodness sake.

 

[tgl]

tpl...i cant really understand your first posts ever on a mac forum is about a ibm.....

but that thing is expensive....and ugly.....

It's not that strange if you think about it. I have not had a mac up until now
and until it had unix on it never even looked at it. But since OSX came out
I have been seriously considering switching (so it is natural i'm comparing
against things I'm more familiar with). I'm just waiting for the right laptop
to come out (speed, heat, resolution, battery life, video performance, options on
par with the best in wintel world, or at least close to performance of current
powermacs for applications like photoshop - such hardware exists in wintel
world already and t42p is a great example of that in my opininon - therefore
my post in the first place - and this is a general apple and tech discussion forum, no?). Unfortunatelly, I'll have to wait a little bit longer for apple to release something comparable.
But I'm not really complaining (I will not buy t42p since XP is too much to
swallow, and adobe will apparently still not port photoshop to linux - and Apple
can't be that far off from releasing something like this - maybe a year?).

 

[thatwendigo]

This laptop is nothing.

Check out the Go L laptops, now those are AMAZING.

With about half an hour of battery life.

I mean, do you honestly buy their marketing hype, but not read the components? There's no way to cram a P4EE, high-speed RAM, four HDs (which means no optical drive), and a top-end graphics card under the hood and have it be cool, let alone light or capable of being taken from the wall for long.

Take the time to understand what you're advocating, please.

The Hollywood GOLD!

I mean, come on... A Prescott? In a laptop? With a 256MB 9700 Mobile? What kind of fans are they using? "Studio quality" audio? Decent studio monitors cost as much as a laptop. Meanwhile, they're cramming in six speakers and a subwoofer, along with a camera? Three hard drives?

Ah, and then you get the same experience you do with anything else at their site. Go the to the store and you'll find the only models with a P4EE are the top two, and they start at over $6000.

"Premium" model with the P4EE:
Intel Pentium 4EE 3.4ghz with 2MB L3 cache +$1405
17" Screen that meets their advertized display ratio (1680x1050) +$639
2GB PC3200 RAM +$1399
2 80GB HDs (5400 RPM with RAID) +$661
2x DVD+/-RW +$259
802.11g Wireless "Turbo" +$149
Bluetooth +$99
Cost: $9,600+

A more reasonable attempt:
Intel Pentium 4EE 3.4ghz with 2MB L3 cache +$1405
17" LCD (1440X900)
512MB PC3200
80GB HD (5400RPM)
2x DVD+/-RW +$259
802.11g Wireless "Turbo" +$149
Bluetooth +$99
Cost: $6,693

You can max out a 17" PowerBook, get a top of the line iPod, an iSight, an AE Extreme Base Station, a DV Camcorder, FincalCut, Keynote, a kevlar security lock, a Brenthaven bag, two extra batteries, a printer, and still have change with the same cash as the second one. Oh, and those two spare batteries mean that you have something like 7-10 hours of battery life, which is about a billion times more than you're going to get with that monster.