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T60 vs. T43P

post #1 of 14
5/3/07 at 12:15pm
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Hello all.

I am having now the IBM Thinkpad t60 with intel 950 graphic card and 14 XGA display.
The machine runs perfect and I realy like it, except the DISPLAY! the display is very annoying, accept only 60Hrz rr,low resolution and poor viewing angels. this thing realy do headaches to me!

I have an option to add 70$ and get a new T43P instead!
It has UXGA display which is awsame!! and nearly the same perfomences (isnt it?)
i heard that T43p is louder and hotter, is it realy unacceptable? is it realy too noisy and hotter? or it's like that only in heavy tasks?

what do u think guys?
display is a very important part in a notebook, and other variants of t60 is too excpensive for me.
Would you suggest me to take the t43p?


Sincerly,
Sasha.
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post #2 of 14
5/3/07 at 12:28pm
what will you be using it for? where are you buying it from? what are the specs and price for each notebook?

Generally I would say the T60 will be much better than the T43p but we can't tell if we don't know what is in the machine.......
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post #3 of 14
5/3/07 at 1:05pm
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The comp is for programming, a bit photoshop and internet.

The t60 is:
1.66 Dua 2 core
1 Gb ram
intel 945 224 gfx
80gb hd

pretty mid model..

The t43p:
2 Ghz 2mb
1 Gb ram
ATI FireGL 128mb
superb display!!! muhahaha
80GB

I am buying from a person who deals with laptops (I buy it in Israel so the prices are uncomareble)

So what do you say?
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post #4 of 14
5/3/07 at 1:10pm
both of those will work fine, I would say go for the T43p especially since you love the display.
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post #5 of 14
5/4/07 at 7:29am
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but what about the noise and the heating problem?
did somebody hear it? is ut so terrible like ppl saying?

thnx
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post #6 of 14
5/4/07 at 9:49am
The T43 made more noise than my T60 did. But, the fan noise was manageable. I can tell you that much.

The video is so significantly better on the T43 that it makes it more difficult to pick. Better CPU vs. better monitor
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post #7 of 14
5/4/07 at 10:14am
Thread Starter 
Ok, thnx..
So i think i will change it for t43..
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post #8 of 14
6/8/07 at 8:03pm
I would stick with T60..

Look at T60P or T61

T43 uses the old centrino, no dual core..
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post #9 of 14
6/24/07 at 11:12am
T60 no question.

T43 has heat and fan problems, not to mention the BIOS error messages with certain after market HDDs.
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post #10 of 14
7/6/07 at 11:13am
Unfortunatley, the T60 would probably be best, even thought the vid card isn't as good.
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post #11 of 14
8/2/07 at 5:28pm
I have had a T43p for 14 months. The machine is flawless. 1600 x 1050 15" screen is beautiful and the keyboard very easy to use for extended periods of time.

Wish list would include 2 more USB ports, a fire wire port, and a memory card slot, but that's all.

Would love to upgrade to the T61p is the price was right and I could get the screen I wanted. thx.
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post #12 of 14
8/18/07 at 10:14pm
The screen is probably the most important thing on a laptop. Whatever features your laptop happens to have, they are worthless if you're unhappy it.
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post #13 of 14
9/4/07 at 10:39am
I would either go with a T60P or the T43.
They bought T60's where I work and they are horrible.
They have been having motherboard problems and the screen on them isn't very good.
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post #14 of 14
10/1/07 at 12:04pm
I have a T42p and is very good.

Downsizes of the T43p:
- Heat & noise problems (you can use TPFan Control to lower fan speed)
- Do not accept most commercial HDD (must have IBM firmware) else wouldn't work (hack is possible in some HDD's)

Vantages over T60:
- Better video card
- Old IBM design
- T60 is the first Lenovo made Thinkpad, not as good

I'd say is difficult to say which one to get. I maybe go for the T43p, since you don't need that much CPU power (Pentium M have good performance)

But if you'd like to have a long lasting machine go for a T61/T61p.
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