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    Help me in choosing T61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by logu, Oct 7, 2007.

  1. logu

    logu Newbie

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    Help me in choosing the following the model of T61 :

    Processor : Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz 800MHz 4MBL2)
    Operating system : XP professional ( i'm hearing lot of complaints abt Vista, can anyone
    suggest how compatible is vista ?)
    Display : 14.1 WXGA TFT, w/ camera ( is this comes with camera ?)
    System Graphics : NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M Vs Intel GMA X3100 GM965 ( Help me in
    deciding between this 2. i'm not a video game player but i will watch
    movies )    Total Memory : 2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2
    SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)
    Hard Drive : 100GB , 7200rpm
    Wireless card : Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN (supporting Centrino Pro)
    Bluetooth : Integrated Bluetooth

    whether Intel turbomemory hard drive cache is required ?
    battery : 7 cell Li-Ion battery.
     
    logu, Oct 7, 2007
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  2. braddd

    braddd Notebook Deity

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    If you arn't playing games, the integrated intel card will be fine with movies. The discrete will really pull from your battery life so you will be probably saving a good 40 minutes+ battery life each charge going with the Intel.
     
    braddd, Oct 7, 2007
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    itr025 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The NVIDIA card will have Purevideo though (I assume). I find MPEG2's (eg. DVD's, TV Captures) look a LOT better with Purevideo than without.

    I read somewhere that the X3100 also has hardware acceleration for videos, but to what extent and whether there are any quality benefits I have no idea.
     
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  4. logu

    logu Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply..

    For Display type, whether 14.1 WXGA TFT, w/ Camera comes with camera or without camera.

    For system graphics, what is the difference between Intel GMA X3100 GM965 and Intel GMA X3100 GM965 w/ 1394 ? which one is the best to go for ??
     
    logu, Oct 8, 2007
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    clyde1 Notebook Consultant

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    May seem trivial, but I would recommend the fingerprint reader. It happened to come on my T60 and at the time I didn't care about it. Now I really like it and would miss it.
     
    clyde1, Oct 8, 2007
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    daylove Notebook Consultant

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    If you want to save some $$$ I would get the 1GB ram with the system and then buy the other 1 GB from newegg.com for half the price
     
    daylove, Oct 8, 2007
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