Re: [Thinkpad] What's a good choice? - The Result

Hiya Adam

> > Looks like you got caught in what I did, going from the 560, nearly
buying a
> > 765L, a 570, a 570e and then a T21 and finally a T23. The latter has
two
> > years of warranty left. The T23 is a suitable improvement on the T21,
> > though this probably has much to do with the 192MB in the T21 vs. 512MB
in
> > my T23.
>
> Were most of those machines from a company, or from an individual?

560 P133 - my uncle
765L P166MMX - a friend
570 P2-366- company
570E P3-450 - company (US)
T21 P3-800 - individual (US)
T23 P3-1133 - individual

> I guess those were all pretty similar sized machines.

Yes, the 765L was the most bulky by far (huge in fact, well it seemed so).
560 and 570 probably the slimmest, but I think the 570 was the smallest but
it was just a single spindle machine (only a hard disk built in) and the T2x
are only .3" thicker but have the Ultrabay 2000 built in.

> Were they all about the same in noise? My 600x fan and harddrive seem
> about as quiet as you can get. When I'm picking a new HD, there's
> probably some risk of a clakkety one.

The fan on the T23 flicks on and off, depending on system load, it's audible
when on, but not so its awful. Also - the hard disk is pretty silent bar
the usual hum that comes from it.

I'd say the 560 was the quietest, I never bought the 765L so I can't
remember, 570 was pretty quiet too.

I use the T23 as my primary DVD player and the fan has not distracted my
viewing.

Vicky

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Received on Tue Jan 27 18:51:32 2004