toshiba vs. ibm Centrino laptop

Hello,

I'm looking into purchasing a centrino laptop. There are tons on the
market but I think I have narrowed my options to either ibm or
toshiba, specifically the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10-S405 or the IBM
either T40 or R40. I only have $2000 (to the door) to work with so I
was looking at the 1.3 Ghz or 1.4 Ghz PM. I'm wondering if anyone has
any opinion on this issue. I'm leaning towards the T40 it seems like
a solid machine (though lacking firewire). Small and light. I want
the P-M for the battery but I've heard the speed can be better. Is
this true with lower Ghz PM chips or only the 1.6 Ghz chips? I'm
going to be a student and will use it for internet, word processing,
and multimedia.

Thanks

C

I have owned a Toshiba M15-S405 for a couple of weeks am so far rather
impressed. It came with 2 $100 rebates (one from Best Buy and one from
Toshiba). brining cost to $1800. The 1.4gHz Pentium mobile seems sufficient
for my needs and affords very good battery life.

Henry

"cabreezyday" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I'm looking into purchasing a centrino laptop. There are tons on the
> market but I think I have narrowed my options to either ibm or
> toshiba, specifically the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10-S405 or the IBM
> either T40 or R40. I only have $2000 (to the door) to work with so I
> was looking at the 1.3 Ghz or 1.4 Ghz PM. I'm wondering if anyone has
> any opinion on this issue. I'm leaning towards the T40 it seems like
> a solid machine (though lacking firewire). Small and light. I want
> the P-M for the battery but I've heard the speed can be better. Is
> this true with lower Ghz PM chips or only the 1.6 Ghz chips? I'm
> going to be a student and will use it for internet, word processing,
> and multimedia.
>
> Thanks
>
> C

word processing playing the odd bit of musc or video or even dvd and surfing
the net does not require a centrino processor. a $1000 dollar notebook
should cope.

--
Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
"Henry B Jobin" <> wrote in message
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> I have owned a Toshiba M15-S405 for a couple of weeks am so far rather
> impressed. It came with 2 $100 rebates (one from Best Buy and one from
> Toshiba). brining cost to $1800. The 1.4gHz Pentium mobile seems
sufficient
> for my needs and affords very good battery life.
>
> Henry
>
> "cabreezyday" <> wrote in message
> news: om...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking into purchasing a centrino laptop. There are tons on the
> > market but I think I have narrowed my options to either ibm or
> > toshiba, specifically the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10-S405 or the IBM
> > either T40 or R40. I only have $2000 (to the door) to work with so I
> > was looking at the 1.3 Ghz or 1.4 Ghz PM. I'm wondering if anyone has
> > any opinion on this issue. I'm leaning towards the T40 it seems like
> > a solid machine (though lacking firewire). Small and light. I want
> > the P-M for the battery but I've heard the speed can be better. Is
> > this true with lower Ghz PM chips or only the 1.6 Ghz chips? I'm
> > going to be a student and will use it for internet, word processing,
> > and multimedia.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > C
>
>

Thanks for the feedback, all of your coments have been very helpful.

I'll be going to Law school and the Centrino thing is moslty for the
battery life. I imagine I will be spending long hours in the library
and I don't want to get stuck not able to find an outlet. The school
has a wireless LAN so I would be good to go there. I'll check with
the school to see if there are any discounts.

Thanks

Cabral

"Henry B Jobin" <> wrote in message news:<ns3Ka.121$> ...
> What you say is true. depending on the school he/she is attending their
> might be a requirement for wired/wireless networking. The university might
> also have minimum or suggested requirements depending on the major course of
> study. Also note that most book stores offer significant discounts to
> students and act as a buffer for waurintee service.
>
> If one buys an extra battery to match operation time provided by centrino
> chipset technologies then ist almost a wash.
>
> Henry
>
>
> "Deathwalker" <ian-> wrote in message
> news:kL0Ka.4891$...
> > word processing playing the odd bit of musc or video or even dvd and
> surfing
> > the net does not require a centrino processor. a $1000 dollar notebook
> > should cope.
> >
> > --
> > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
> > "Henry B Jobin" <> wrote in message
> > news:3eYJa.790$. ..
> > > I have owned a Toshiba M15-S405 for a couple of weeks am so far rather
> > > impressed. It came with 2 $100 rebates (one from Best Buy and one from
> > > Toshiba). brining cost to $1800. The 1.4gHz Pentium mobile seems
> sufficient
> > > for my needs and affords very good battery life.
> > >
> > > Henry
> > >
> > > "cabreezyday" <> wrote in message
> > > news: om...
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking into purchasing a centrino laptop. There are tons on the
> > > > market but I think I have narrowed my options to either ibm or
> > > > toshiba, specifically the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10-S405 or the IBM
> > > > either T40 or R40. I only have $2000 (to the door) to work with so I
> > > > was looking at the 1.3 Ghz or 1.4 Ghz PM. I'm wondering if anyone has
> > > > any opinion on this issue. I'm leaning towards the T40 it seems like
> > > > a solid machine (though lacking firewire). Small and light. I want
> > > > the P-M for the battery but I've heard the speed can be better. Is
> > > > this true with lower Ghz PM chips or only the 1.6 Ghz chips? I'm
> > > > going to be a student and will use it for internet, word processing,
> > > > and multimedia.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > C
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

I got an IBM T40p last week for school use (word processing, Powerpoint,
SAP) and it lasts for hours and hours on battery. The screen is good too -
1400 x 1050 14.1" which I thought might get hard to look at but it's not too
bad so far. It is light in weight and apparently has a magnesium/titanium
case (doesn't feel like it...) which I thought would be good for avoiding
knocks as most other Centrino types are plastic cased. I am not too worried
about not having firewire so far, I think there are PC cards available for
firewire - the USB (2.0 on mine) ports are handy for sneaking printing jobs
on printers about the place....


"cabreezyday" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Thanks for the feedback, all of your coments have been very helpful.
>
> I'll be going to Law school and the Centrino thing is moslty for the
> battery life. I imagine I will be spending long hours in the library
> and I don't want to get stuck not able to find an outlet. The school
> has a wireless LAN so I would be good to go there. I'll check with
> the school to see if there are any discounts.
>
> Thanks
>
> Cabral
>
> "Henry B Jobin" <> wrote in message
news:<ns3Ka.121$> ...
> > What you say is true. depending on the school he/she is attending their
> > might be a requirement for wired/wireless networking. The university
might
> > also have minimum or suggested requirements depending on the major
course of
> > study. Also note that most book stores offer significant discounts to
> > students and act as a buffer for waurintee service.
> >
> > If one buys an extra battery to match operation time provided by
centrino
> > chipset technologies then ist almost a wash.
> >
> > Henry
> >
> >
> > "Deathwalker" <ian-> wrote in message
> > news:kL0Ka.4891$...
> > > word processing playing the odd bit of musc or video or even dvd and
> > surfing
> > > the net does not require a centrino processor. a $1000 dollar
notebook
> > > should cope.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ian Lincoln Independent I.T Consultant
> > > "Henry B Jobin" <> wrote in message
> > > news:3eYJa.790$. ..
> > > > I have owned a Toshiba M15-S405 for a couple of weeks am so far
rather
> > > > impressed. It came with 2 $100 rebates (one from Best Buy and one
from
> > > > Toshiba). brining cost to $1800. The 1.4gHz Pentium mobile seems
> > sufficient
> > > > for my needs and affords very good battery life.
> > > >
> > > > Henry
> > > >
> > > > "cabreezyday" <> wrote in message
> > > > news: om...
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm looking into purchasing a centrino laptop. There are tons on
the
> > > > > market but I think I have narrowed my options to either ibm or
> > > > > toshiba, specifically the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10-S405 or the
IBM
> > > > > either T40 or R40. I only have $2000 (to the door) to work with
so I
> > > > > was looking at the 1.3 Ghz or 1.4 Ghz PM. I'm wondering if anyone
has
> > > > > any opinion on this issue. I'm leaning towards the T40 it seems
like
> > > > > a solid machine (though lacking firewire). Small and light. I
want
> > > > > the P-M for the battery but I've heard the speed can be better.
Is
> > > > > this true with lower Ghz PM chips or only the 1.6 Ghz chips? I'm
> > > > > going to be a student and will use it for internet, word
processing,
> > > > > and multimedia.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > C
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >