Which laptop is better?

[ProcalX]

Right i've got a choice of laptop to use for Uni:

IBM ThinkPad T41
Intel Centrino 1.6Ghz
2x256MB DDR
40GB HDD
DVD/CDRW
32MB ATI 7500
15" Screen
Battery life is between 3.5-4.5 hours

Or

Lenevo 3000 C100
Intel Celeron-M 1.5Ghz
256mb 533Mhz DDRII
40GB HDD
DVD/CDRW
Intel GMA 900 128mb dedicated grphx
15" Screen
Battery life is between 5-6 hours!

The Lenevo is brand new, the T41 about a year old, but my fathers work use's these laptops for all their employees and so i can get hold of free replacement batteries e.t.c and parts..

The only attracting factors for going with the lenevo is that its screen is alot brighter and its got a dedicated 128mb graphics card - but its not enough to play games right? - games like HL2:CSS or Day of Defeat?

 

[Dwarfer]

IBM ThinkPad T41 coz of everyting. has more ram, more power and the gpu is sh1t faster than the intel


Intel Centrino 1.6Ghz
2x256MB DDR
40GB HDD
DVD/CDRW
32MB ATI 7500
15" Screen
Battery life is between 3.5-4.5 hours


however, if your not bothered about games and useing it for business i suggest getting the longer battery life you may need to upgrade your ram if its not too expensife.

 

[Matt555]

Let's compare the good and bad points:

Right i've got a choice of laptop to use for Uni:

IBM ThinkPad T41
Intel Centrino 1.6Ghz
2x256MB DDR
40GB HDD
DVD/CDRW
32MB ATI 7500
15" Screen
Battery life is between 3.5-4.5 hours

Good:
1.6GHz Pentium M (Centrino involves Pentium M CPU's as without one they can't be labelled with the 'Centrino' badge)
512MB RAM
Can get hold of replacement parts easily and for free.

Bad:
Less battery life than the other model.
Graphics not as good.

Lenevo 3000 C100
Intel Celeron-M 1.5Ghz
256mb 533Mhz DDRII
40GB HDD
DVD/CDRW
Intel GMA 900 128mb dedicated grphx
15" Screen
Battery life is between 5-6 hours!

Good:
Longer Battery Life.
Better graphics.

Bad:
CPU not as good.
Less RAM.


I say go with the T41 - it's faster, got more RAM and you can get hold of replacement parts easily meaning a spare battery if you need one.

 

[Karanislove]

The only attracting factors for going with the lenevo is that its screen is alot brighter and its got a dedicated 128mb graphics card - but its not enough to play games right? - games like HL2:CSS or Day of Defeat?

Even if you try to play some games to make the full use of graphics card, your battery will end up very fast! So from my point of view as well IBM should be your go.