[Thinkpad] NEED NEW COMPUTER FOR DAUGHTER

[Rob Bell]

I'd think an A20 should be plenty powerful enough for a kid in college. 
  Put enough RAM in it to make XP (or Win2K) happy and add a wireless 
card.  What does it have to do?  Typical office apps (Word, Excel, 
Powerpoint) plus browsing?

I use a variety of laptops, from an A21p with 384MB to a T2x-equivalent 
Dell w/512MB to a T40-equiv Dell D600 with 1GB to a brand new M65 spec'd 
like your 'NU recommendation' below.  You know what, for most 
non-intensive usage I can't tell them apart.  Sure, when I've got 15 
apps open at once on my main work system it is responding better than 
the old A21p would do in the same situation, but that's not 'typical' 
non-techie usage.

Save the money for other things.  The laptop is probably going to take a 
beating at college anyway, plus an old A20 won't be a giant target for 
thieves either like a T60 would be.

Rob

The Floyds wrote:

> My daughter is headed off to college and needs a new computer.  She has a
> thinkpad A20 and I am thinking of a T60 or T61 but don't have any experience
> with buying a new one.  Any suggestions on what to get her?  She is not a
> gamer and NU suggests  at minimum a 1.83 Ghz core 2 duo processor with win
> XP pro or vista business, 128 MB video, 60 G hard drive, DVD+/- RW,  2 GB
> ram, 10/100 ethernet, 802.11b/g wireless, minimum 2 USB ports, 3 yrs onsite
> next business day and complete damage recovery.  I don't know what complete
> damage recovery refers to either.  They figure this system should last her 4
> yrs but she plans on medical school so she will need one longer.  Any help
> you experts out there can offer is much appreciated.
>  


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