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Laptop Recommendations

by kumardoshi Oct 5, 2005 8:55AM PDT

Any recommendations on whether to buy one or the other or a different laptop.

My criteria are:

1) mobility (battery life, weight
2) multi media (can allow me to connect to external devices)
3) reliabilty (has good processing speed and can holds up well.

1. Toshiba Portege R200 - S234 512 MB, 60GB 12.1 TFT
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?poid=295714&ccid=1291021&rcid=0&seg=HHO&coid=0&poidspipedstring=

2. IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Tablet 1866 Pentium M 758 1.5GHz LV RAM 512 MB HD 60 GB
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-60014

3. IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad X40 2386 Pentium M 758 1.5GHz LV RAM 512 MB HD 40 GB
http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=4611686018425001696&storeId=10000001&langId=-1&categoryId=2059153&dualCurrId=1000073&catalogId=-840

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If you go with an IBM

by Steven Haninger Oct 5, 2005 9:48AM PDT

and battery life is high priority, you can purchase the 9 cell option. I think it's about 50 bucks or so more. It's awkward side is that it protrudes from the rear of the machine about 1 inch but it does add extra time of use.

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i would say the

by Qosmio Oct 5, 2005 10:11AM PDT

IBM Thinkpads are nice but the Toshiba Portege will pic up the slack.i would say toshiba.toshiba has had issues with hardware in the past that they have well resolved .Im a toshiba Qosmio user and ive found the company to be strong.

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