IBM ThinkPad T41 (2379DJU) Notebook PC (1.6 GHz Pentium M , 256 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Combo)

Rating:
Summary: Good wireless card and screen
Review: I give this laptop a rating of 5 because it run good out of the box. have to other laptop this one run the best no problems at all. very good wireless card can go outside and still pick up signal. screen like my hp very high resolution. battery last long. good for work. speed amost the same as my dell p4 3.2ht, dell beat by a few points in the benchmark test.
but didn't get it for speed. drive could have been better, had to put more ram. but it a very good laptop if you are taken it to work or on the go.

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Summary: IBM - No Reliability - Product Sucks
Review: I bought this New T41 2 months ago, Product is awesome, but after 6 weeks of use, the hard disk crashed, and when i called up IBM, they said that they would replace the hard disk with a new one, and the data from the old one cannot be restored. Lost all my data. So, if ur planning to buy it, I would suggest u to buy an external data storage.

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Summary: Excellent Notebook...
Review: I researched for 6 months before choosing this IBM. Great value, solid notebook. Love the keyboard and the access IBM help. I have called tech support for information and help with software installations and driver updates and they were very good and patient with all my detailed questions. This is important to me... to have good tech support available. This T41 comes with a 3 year warranty.

IBM's website has excellent support. I love the automated stuff where it analyzes your computer and tells you what updates you need. Sometimes their driver upgrades are more for the IT person. But, just download their software installer and it works great. However, you must focus...if you want to understand what you have downloaded. Not totally for the novice. Tech support walked me thru it once and I was on my way.

So far so good after only a month, the T41 rocks! Particularly the higher-end graphics card, glad I went for that. I can tell the difference when comparing with my desktop LCD.

The CD burner works well and I use Nero 6. I had been using a 4x burner on my desktop and this one writes at 24x...what a difference.

If you are contemplating a notebook, consider this one. Pay the extra bucks and go with IBM...very glad I did!

Rating:
Summary: great screen, decent battery, but the cd/dvd stinks
Review: nice laptop. make sure to spend the extra dough and get the 1400x1050 screen cause it is awesome.
it has decent battery life of around 3hrs.
but the dvd/cd-rom doesnt read anything. not even store bought discs. i have had ibm ship me a new cdrom unit and it still stinks. however because i use this laptop primarily to program .NET i am still thinking about keeping it even though the cdrom is a glaring defect. the problem may be based in windows so i cant say for sure its IBM's fault, but come on. out of the box and it cant play even my store bought DVD's?

Rating:
Summary: Overall lowest cost with proven reliability and quality
Review: This is the first ThinkPad I bought for myself, the other three that I have been used in the past eight years were provided by the company I worked for.

Decision making was easy:
1. Overall lowest cost: after deducted the costs for 3-year warranty, high resolution LCD screen, Windows XP Pro, slim and light-weight design and quality material.
2. Proven reliability: this means there won't be extra costs to burden my 3-year ownership.
3. Excellent technical support (I called IBM technical support once in August, one month after I got T41, and was surprised that the tech. support rep. picked up the phone right the way and guided me step by step to go through the problem I had. They even followed up with a call to confirm the problem has been solved!

Yes, I am more than happy to recommend IBM ThinkPad T41 (2379DJU) to you. However, the best buy is with $100 rebate from Amazon.