Some computer specs and tablet questions
So I brought my laptop in to get looked at. It's not the powercord. Well shite, there goes the 'easy/cheap' fix. They suspect it's the power dock on the computer, but it could be something else, or something else besides that, and they'd need to do this 3-4 full diagnosis thing, and best case senario it's just the power dock and it'll be like a 100$ fix. But I just can't reason spending 100-200$ or so to fix it when I want to replace it in the near future.
So besides buying my mother a new computer (she's NEEDED one), I have shopped out a bit more. While I would love to get a tablet pc again, to get one with the specs i need would cost a good thousand dollars more and i can't justify spending that much when a separate tablet is 2-250 (al-be-it for a much smaller sized tablet screen).
So, I'm going to buy tomorrow:
a Lenovo (IBM) ThinkPad Elite T400
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9600 (2.8GHz 1066MHz 6MBL2)
Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista Business 64 (to be upgraded to Win7 in 2 months)
Total memory: 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
Hard Drive: 250 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
System graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 with 256MB
Pointing device: UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
Optical device: DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim (Serial ATA)
System expansion slots: Express Card Slot & PC Card Slot
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth PAN
Wireless card: Intel WiFi Link 5300 (AGN) with My WiFi Technology
Mobile Broadband: Integrated Mobile Broadband upgradable
with a wacom tablet. (those who use tablets, what type do you recommend? the Bamboo Fun? Intuos? Graphire Wireless?)
So besides buying my mother a new computer (she's NEEDED one), I have shopped out a bit more. While I would love to get a tablet pc again, to get one with the specs i need would cost a good thousand dollars more and i can't justify spending that much when a separate tablet is 2-250 (al-be-it for a much smaller sized tablet screen).
So, I'm going to buy tomorrow:
a Lenovo (IBM) ThinkPad Elite T400
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9600 (2.8GHz 1066MHz 6MBL2)
Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista Business 64 (to be upgraded to Win7 in 2 months)
Total memory: 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
Hard Drive: 250 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm
System graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 with 256MB
Pointing device: UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader
Optical device: DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim (Serial ATA)
System expansion slots: Express Card Slot & PC Card Slot
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth PAN
Wireless card: Intel WiFi Link 5300 (AGN) with My WiFi Technology
Mobile Broadband: Integrated Mobile Broadband upgradable
with a wacom tablet. (those who use tablets, what type do you recommend? the Bamboo Fun? Intuos? Graphire Wireless?)