Thinkpad T400 – $850 (with discounts, if you buy through Med Business, you can get discounts) 2.24 Ghz 3mb L2 cache Core 2 Duo processor 2.0 Ghz DDR3 Ram 160 GB 5400 rpm HDD CD-RW/DVD 14.1″ LED Display 1280 x 800 (aka 720p HD, can’t go up to 1080p) Intel 4500mhd video card (mediocre, can’t be used for gaming) 9 Cell battery (max brightness + Word + Firefox on youtube and hulu = 8:30 hours at 100%) Will do a quick video showing how Windows 7 Home Premium runs on it around Oct 22. I’ll try to …
Should I get the Lenovo T400 ThinkPad 6474-WWH or the Apple MacBook?
It's for school and there are only 2 choices, but I don't know which to choose. Can you help? Advice, tips, experiences, etc.
keyword:Thinkpad T400 – $850 (with discounts, if you buy through Med Business, you can get discounts) 2.24 Ghz 3mb L2 cache Core 2 Duo processor 2.0 Ghz DDR3 Ram 160 GB 5400 rpm HDD CD-RW/DVD 14.1″ LED Display 1280 x 800 (aka 720p HD, can’t go up to 1080p) Intel 4500mhd video card (mediocre, can’t be used for gaming) 9 Cell battery (max brightness + Word + Firefox on youtube and hulu = 8:30 hours at 100%) Will do a quick video showing how Windows 7 Home Premium runs on it around Oct 22. I’ll try to …
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8 Responses to Lenovo Thinkpad T400 Review Jul 15 2009
MarshunMartin
August 15th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Nooooooo, don’t turn off the trackpoint, lol. You can do it in BIOS, but it’s seriously much better than the tiny trackpad. You can adjust mouse sensitivity (duh) to make it less jumpy. I actually turned the trackpad off through BIOS because the trackpoint is better (once I got used to it).
To crapadarappa: what’s the keyboard like? I’ve heard horror stories about the quality of ThinkPad keyboards after the switch from IBM to Lenovo. Is it mushy, or nice and firm and “clicky” like on IBMs?
oranj456
August 15th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Can you turn off the trackpoint thing?
Billy
August 15th, 2009 at 6:40 am
There is a VGA out on the T400.
If you pay for a dock then there is a DVI output on the dock.
For 720p I would just go with the VGA connection. DVI/HDMI will not be that much better.
A VGA to HDMI converter is a total waste of money if you have a VGA input on the TV. All it can do is duplicate the circuits that are in your TV and I would suspect that the ones in the TV are hugher quality than the ones in a converter.
raagi2000
August 15th, 2009 at 6:45 am
thanks for your valuable information. does it support windows server 2008 OS. or do you have recommendation.
Billy
August 15th, 2009 at 6:47 am
ur laptop supports up to 4gb DDR III 1066 MHz ram..
as I remember ram slots r occupied with two 1 GB rams..
so u have to get rid of them!! then buy two 2 GB chips.. and have fun with it..
crapadarappa
August 16th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Thanks for watching, and I’m glad I could help out.
crapadarappa
August 16th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Best Buy is hit and miss when in comes to quality information
IntellDevice
August 18th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Are you sure it gets 8:30 hours of battery life? Quoted in your description. I’ve heard it gets 6 hours. Sounds ridiculous for unplugged time.