[Thinkpad] NEED NEW COMPUTER FOR DAUGHTER

[Pretty Good Computer Services]

The A21 I gave my daughter was too heavy, and she complained about it.  Got
her a T-42 refurb from Bruce Markowitz, and we have both been happy ever
since.  I put my son through medical school and residency on a Thinkpad 600X
then a Thinkpad T-23, and he was happy enough to buy a Thinkpad for his
girlfriend a few days ago.

There are probably a lot of people on this forum who are good sources for
refurbished or new Thinkpads, but I doubt anybody can beat the famous, and
totally unopinionated Bruce Markowitz.  When he says something is good, you
can rely upon his judgment. No crummy Thinkpad ever left his hands.

Once caution.  The university this fall is requiring Office 2007
Professional, which I didn't expect I would have to buy.  It is for sale
cheap on several online sites right now...

But I do not think there is a better student computer than a T-23, T41,
T-42, T-43 or T-60 series... rugged, reliable, and worth the extra expense.
Be sure to fill up the memory, and keep her loaded up on batteries.

The printer is the real trick.  I recommend the Portable HP if she is on the
road a lot... otherwise the Canon IX 4200 and IX4300 have been amazingly
reliable, outperforming the HP, on less ink... and small enough for a dorm
room or college apartment... But a rugged (not cheap) Laserjet will save you
hundreds of dollars in the long run.


RayBay

On 8/22/07, Rob Bell <RobDBell at mailworks.org> wrote:
>
> 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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