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ThinkPad T42

Average User Rating
Manufacturer's Info: With an energy-efficient Pentium M processor and a full suite of features, this is one notebook that will help you make short work of large projects and keep you productive while out of the office. This Centrino model is configured with a 1.7GHz Pentium M 735 processor, a 2MB L2 cache, a 60GB hard drive and 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM, expandable to 2GB. In addition to the 400MHz front bus speed and one Type III/two Type I/II PC Card slot(s), it offers a 24x24x24x8 (max. speeds) CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive. For your communications needs, it features a Gigabit Ethernet card and Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG. The embedded security chip helps keep your online transactions and messages private. The 15.0" TFT FlexView display with wide viewing angle and high density supports internal resolutions up to 1400 x 1050 and external resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 in 16 million colors with ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 graphics and 64MB DDR SDRAM. The SoundMAX audio with built-in speakers provides great sound. It comes with a rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack, an AC adapter, a keyboard with light and an UltraNav pointer. Windows XP Professional is pre-installed.
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| Street price - Expensive $2299 (9/27/04) |
| WorldBench 5 - Very Good: 83 (Windows XP Professional) |
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Features
- Very Good
CPU
- 1.7-GHz Pentium M 735
Screen size - 15.1 inches System memory - 512MB of DDR333 SDRAM Hard drive - 40GB Graphics - 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pointing device - Touchpad, eraserhead Bays - One Bundled removable-media drives - One multipurpose bay with DVD-ROM and CD-RW combo drive Floppy drive - None Ports - Parallel, two USB 2.0, microphone, headphone, S-Video, docking station, two PC Card slots Communications - V.92 modem, gigabit ethernet, 802.11g Business suite - None Other features - N/A |
| Overall design - Very Good |
| Battery life (hours:minutes) - Good: 4:09 |
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Weight (typical/minimum, in pounds)
- Light: 6.9/5.9
Support policy
- One-year parts and labor warranty; free unlimited 24-hour daily toll-free support
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