bufferoverru
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Re: Choosing a new laptop
Does anyone own an IBM T61p with the Quadro FX 570M? I would like to know what you think of it. |
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| said by bufferoverru  :Does anyone own an IBM T61p with the Quadro FX 570M? I would like to know what you think of it. I do not own one, though I've used a couple of closely related models, but not with the Nvidia Quadro FX 570M graphics. I am assuming that this is going to be primarily for professional 3D applications? If not, I would not necessarily go for a Quadro based solution.
The Leveno (no such animal as "IBM" ThinkPad anymore), is built solidly, albeit not very much for style points. I've always liked the track stick over the touch pad, and it is nice to have them both. ThinkPad keyboards IMHO, are very, very good, and overall very well-built notebooks capable of holding up to a lot of travel/usage.
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Ottumwa, IA | I wouldn't be using it for professional 3D applications. I need more power than Intel integrated graphics but in a business class machine. I use my laptop about equally for work and play. |
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| said by bufferoverru :I wouldn't be using it for professional 3D applications. I need more power than Intel integrated graphics but in a business class machine. I use my laptop about equally for work and play. In that case? I would really recommend a model with say a Nvidia 8600 (or better yet Nvidia 8000) based graphics solution...although I do not think that there is anything "wrong" with the Quadro. Unless you are a real "power-gamer" the Nvidia 8600M is a very decent graphics solution for a notebook, and doesn't "break the bank" on cost. I like HP notebooks (I should, since I bought one), but I do think that if you are looking for a fairly ruggedly-built notebook, that can take a lot of travel well, the ThinkPad T61 can take a "licking" and keep on ticking.
My only "preference" is that I'd save a few bucks, and get a larger hard drive. 120 - 160 gb drives are really pretty much "entry-level" today, and for what you are willing to spend, why settle?
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| I can't seem to find a 15.4" laptop with anything better than a 8600M GT or a 570M (about the same thing). My old HP is still going but I do haul my laptop around a lot. Also the IBM does have a 160GB hard drive, it is a 7200 RPM model. The biggest 7200RPM drives I've seen are 200GB. |
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| just got a new HP with 2 x 120 GB 7200 RPM HDs. they had larger HDs, but this was the best at 7200 RPM. (i'd prefer speed over gigantic...my old laptop has 40GB, so 240GB is already big enough for me) also has NVIDIA 8600M GS ...pavilion model dv9700t |
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| said by koam :just got a new HP with 2 x 120 GB 7200 RPM HDs. they had larger HDs, but this was the best at 7200 RPM. (i'd prefer speed over gigantic...my old laptop has 40GB, so 240GB is already big enough for me) also has NVIDIA 8600M GS ...pavilion model dv9700t I hope that you enjoy it! That should be a pretty capable model...I would prefer the two fast 120 gb hard drives over one 4200rpm 240 gb drive...
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