From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_pilot.msu.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 01 1999 - 14:09:54 EDT
I think it boils down to how slowly you can accept it running, NT.
For about $2,550, you could get a TP I series 1472, which has a 366MHz
PII and 64M ram with a 6.4G disk. Add another 64M ram for about
another $80, and you'd have something which should make for a fair
NT system.
Having ordered/used both the i Series 1451/1452/1472 and 390's, I'm
not sure that the 390 is any better a deal. Yes, IBM says the i Series
is a "home / home-office" machine, but I think that is largely a matter
of marketing. The i series are well built machines. I keep running
into little things on other machines that make me glad I got this
TP 1451. My only regret was that the 1472 came out 6 months later. ;-)
At 12:08 PM 9/1/1999 -0500, Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:
>Hi
>
>The office/lab I work for is looking for a laptop that can run NT.
>Problem is that we only have about $2000 to spend. I naturally
>thought, hey, cool, we'll get a ThinkPad.
>
>I looked in the PC Connection catalog and had a long'ish conversation
>with them. They say the cheapest TP capable to run NT is about $2800
>(the TP 390 line).
>
>Can anyone confirm this? I think the NT requirement is firm. If IBM is
>not an option, can anyone recommend another brand?
>
>Esmail
>----
>Esmail Bonakdarian - esmail_at_uiowa.edu - http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~bonak
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