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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:39 pm    Post subject:






I voted for weight, but that isn't really true...I just enjoy the overall "portability" of laptops/notebooks. I don't really care about the weight, unless it is a 20lb laptop.



I just like the fact that I can take it to the basement with me to use while watching something on my big screen tv....and to travel with.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:10 am    Post subject:






all this shopping for a new TP has me leaning towards screen size, resolution, aspect ratio. man i sure wish they made a flexview in the new t61!
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:33 am    Post subject:






I think you missed a choice in the poll, but one that is not easily quantifiable... and that is "ruggedness". (I initially was going to say "reliability", but that should be a given). I don't mind not having the fastest T7700 processor, nor 4GB of DDR2 memory, the light weight of an X41, or even a 160GB 7200rpm hard drive. What I want from my system (okay, system<span style="font-weight: bold">s) is something that gets the job done, day in and day out, despite being handled roughly or treated without some minimum amount of care (not that I would do this, mind you!). I want a laptop that turns on even after being shipped halfway cross-country in a box just big enough to contain it and one layer of bubble wrap (a T23 in a USPS Flat Rate box, what else?), being dropped on a corner hard enough to crack the back panel around the DC input jack AND break a tab off the hinge cover, yet it still works correctly.



If left to choose from the existing aspects, then I would have to go with "battery life". Even though I almost always use my laptops plugged into an AC adapter, it's nice to be able to go outside (like I did today), sit in the backyard for an hour with an X22 and search eBay.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:44 am    Post subject:






jdhurst wrote: The T23 has the best overall form factor, size and weight. My T41 is currently very adequate for my needs.



I am surprised that you like the T23 more. The T41 is practically the exact same size, but is slightly lighter and of course more powerful.



rkawakami wrote: I think you missed a choice in the poll, but one that is not easily quantifiable... and that is "ruggedness".



I started with 5 more choices and "ruggedness" was indeed one of them, but I got a "You entered too many choices" error.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:24 am    Post subject:






keyboard and display
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:44 pm    Post subject:






Well there are too many in there that matter. For me tho it's:



Screen - gotta be nice if i'm staring at it all day.


Weight - gotta be light if i'm carring it all day.


Battery - well.. you get the idea



CPU a lil and RAM yeah but not so mu