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Summary: Simply the best notebook available today
Review: I have been running my new T40 for 3 weeks now without a hitch. By far the best build quality top to bottom, great screen, keyboard (lighted in the dark), sound card and speakers, fast boot, great battery life and all in a 4.9 pound package! If you plan on keeping a notebook for 3 years or more, there is no other option. Pay the little bit more for the peace of mind. By the way, go the IBM.com and you will see the lower-priced versions that are quite competitive, then call and ask for the first time buyer price if in fact you are.
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Summary: Linux support could be better
Review: It is a real shame that IBM does not currently offer this notebook preloaded with Linux, nor did IBM push Intel to release their long-promised Centrino wi-fi drivers for linux.The hardware quality and features is good, but the software could be better. Smartsuite? Give me a break!. Unless IBM open sources their office suite, nobody will take it seriously. It would be much better if IBM would swallow their pride, get over the "Not Invented Here" syndrome, and bundle StarOffice 7 or OpenOffice 1.1. Creating and selling a notebook with a "Designed for Windows XP" sticker is a real shame, specially since Microsoft is out to destroy IBM. And like I said, the bundled software could be better, and I really think IBM should give users a dual-boot Linux/Windows system as the very least, if not a 100%-linux option saving the cost of the Windows XP license. I recommend the SONY Vaio PCG-Z1VA notebook instead of this
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000D8ZDL/ For the same price of the IBM T40, you get a 1.6 Ghz mobile CPU (the IBM is 1.5), Centrino Wi-Fi, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, a 60 Gb hard disk (the T40 is only 40gb), a more attractive selection of software, and TWO TIMES MORE MEMORY (512 mb on the Sony Vaio vs. 256mb on the IBM), the vaio also weights less and is visually more attractive.
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