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    Difference btwn T41 & R50

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by wpfly, Apr 13, 2004.

  1. wpfly

    wpfly Newbie

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    What is the major difference between the T41 & R50? I plan to use as a portable desktop. My experience has been with Dell(I currently have a dell 4100). Any thoughts on leasing IBM? Thanks-----------wpfly
     
    wpfly, Apr 13, 2004
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    Actually, the major differences are surprisingly few for the price difference between these notebooks. The R50 is billed as sort of a value notebook with power that lies somewhere between a desktop replacement and thin & light (it's about 7lbs travel weight i believe) while the T41 is an all out power notebook that is still thin & light and has a travel weight of about 6lbs. Both notebooks feature the Active Protection system to protect your hard drive in the case of a drop or kick of your system (stuff happens). The T41 is about 1lb lighter and thinner in its build and its base configuration probably includes a more powerful Pentium Mobile processor with a higher config of RAM.

    If you haven't seen it yet, check out the review we featured on the R50:

    http://www.notebookreview.com/default.aspx?newsID=1729
     
    Andrew Baxter, Apr 14, 2004
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  3. arcane

    arcane Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you're not too concerned about the physical size of the laptop, the higher-end R50's also come with higher resolutions screens than any of the T41's - 1600x1200. More importantly, they're IBM's flagship LCD - Flexview (not that I've actually seen one to be able to tell how good it really is).
     
    arcane, Apr 15, 2004
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