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Lenovo Thinkpad T43

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Pros
Superb battery life
Cons
Difficult to upgrade RAM

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Pricing: Average: $1949 (10/19/2005)
Performance: Very Good: 86
Features: Good: 74
Design: Very Good: 80

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Average: $1949

Performance

Very Good: 86

World Bench 5 Tests - Very Good: 84

World Bench 5 Component Results (seconds)
ACD Systems ACDSee	670
Adobe Photoshop	366
Adobe Premiere	508
Ahead Nero	1126
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	326
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	420
Microsoft Office XP	559
Windows Media Encoder	463
Mozilla	378
Multitasking	727
Musicmatch Jukebox	577
Roxio VideoWave	443
WinZip	450

Battery Test
Number of Included Batteries	1
Battery Life (Office Applications)	5:02

Features

Good: 74

CPU & Memory
CPU	1.86-GHz Pentium M 750
System Memory	512
Type of Memory	DDR2 SDRAM

Video & Display
Display Size (inches)	14.1" Display
Horizontal Resolution	1400
Vertical Resolution	1050
Video Chip Set	ATI Mobillity Radeon X300
Video Memory	Using main memory
Wide Screen	No

Storage
Total HD Size (GB)	60GB Hard Drive
Optical Drive Speed	8
Optical Drive Type	DVD±RW/-RAM
Removable Optical Drive	Yes
Floppy Drive	No
Number of Media Slots	0

Ports & Expansion
Serial Ports	No
Parallel Ports	Yes
USB Ports	2
FireWire Ports	0
Microphone Ports	Yes
Headphone Jacks	Yes
S-Video Ports	Yes
Composite Video Ports	No
Docking Station Port	Yes
Infrared Port	Yes
Shared Mouse/Keyboard Port	No
Mini PCI Port	No
PC Card Slots	1
Express Card Slots	1

Connectivity
Network Port	Gigabit ethernet
Wireless LAN Type	802.11g
Bluetooth	Yes
Modem Type	V.92

Other
Standard Number of Batteries	1
Type of Batteries	Lithium ion
Built-In Speakers	Stereo
Dimensions	12.3 by 11.0 by 1.3
Min. Weight (lbs.)	5.5Lbs.
Average Weight (pounds, with accessories)	6.4
Accessories	Notebook, AC adapter, phone cord
Pointing Device	Touchpad, eraserhead
Multipurpose Bay	bay supports: 2 nd battery, DVD Multi, CDROM, DVDROM, CDRW, FDD, 2nd HD, CDRW/DVDROM Combo

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	Three
Parts Warranty (years)	Three
Weekday Support Hours	24
Saturday Support Hours	24
Sunday Support Hours	24
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	The PC vendor formerly known as IBM pleased its notebook users, who awarded Lenovo high grades in five categories, including product reliability, phone support, and hold time. Its one black spot was a below-average mark for replacing failed components.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products with core component problems	Average
Reports of products with failed components	Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Average
Reports of products arriving with problems	Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Better than Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Better than Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Better than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Better than Average
Overall quality of service	Better than Average

Design

Very Good: 80

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