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| Thread ID: 108849 | 2010-04-14 05:28:00 | Notebook spec advice | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 876381 | 2010-04-14 05:28:00 | I've been asked to spec a notebook for my Big Cheese, who frequently travels overseas, and I've come up with the following (make/series based on him having one for the last 4 years and not killing it until last week): IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad X201 # Intel Core i5-520M Processor (2.40GHz 3MBL3 1066MHz) # Genuine Windows 7 Professional 32 # 12.1WXGA LED 3x3 WWAN # IT 5700MHD, i5-520M AMT # 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 (2 DIMM) # US English Keyboard # TrackPoint with TouchPad # 80GB Solid State Drive # 65W AC Adapter; New Zealand # Intel WiFi Link 1000 He's very hard on IT gear, so I want something robust, hence opting for an SSD (80Gb should be enough - will only have O/S + Office 2003 installed), and having an inbuilt cellular modem would be good - the website lists an Integrated Mobile Broadband (3G WWAN) - Qualcomm as an option, and says it has an 'Open SIM Card for WW' - is this designed to work on WCDMA/GSM etc? I've also opted for the 9-cell battery - price is around $3k. Does that sound reasonable, or is there something else you guys would recommend? As I said, he's had an X-series for a few years and it's been faultless; expense isn't a concern here, it just needs to me portable and tough!! TIA! :thumbs: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 876382 | 2010-04-14 06:17:00 | Looks OK. The only thing would be the 32bit OS isn't going to see all of the 4GB RAM. Can you get 64bit instead? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 876383 | 2010-04-14 07:43:00 | 3 grand is about right for all those options. Thinkpads seem to handle rough treatment a lot better than other laptops - makes up for them being so ugly. Do you need to run some old 16bit applications that won't work in 64bit windows? |
Greven (91) | ||
| 876384 | 2010-04-14 09:15:00 | Quite fancy the 80 gig SSD. | Cicero (40) | ||
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