IBM Thinkpad T41

As a student I was a while ago looking for a reliable laptop to use in my studies. After almost bought a R50e but whose offer was sadly over, I got a cheap T41 against the overstock of a company. One year old but never used. I now use this laptop for several months. Specs of my model (2374-N09): 14.1 "TFT 1024x768 Pentium M 1.4GHz 512MB PC2700 RAM 30GB 4200RPM HD ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 32MB DVD-ROM 24x-8x Gigabit Ethernet Security chip Introuctie IBM Thinkpads are generally known as no-nonsense business notebooks that are particularly durable., the T41 is no exception. T Series IBM (now Lenovo), the thin and light series of IBM, intended for people who frequently move and a good combination of performance and mobility needs. The T41 is completely in black and the only color is the IBM Thinkpad logo. The top has a rubber feel 'which is not only very pleasant to the touch, but also the occurrence of scratches at bay. Small scratches you can just wipe away. The screen is attached to the system with two metal hinges. This looks not only sturdy, but it is. This means that you do not already after a few years your laptop needs depreciate because your joints are 'finished'. Using a 14-inch screen using the T41 could be kept while you still retains a fairly large screen very small. Folded it is the T41 only 311x255x26, 6mm, and weighs 2.2 kg. These are in my opinion, ideal size and weight for a laptop. If you open the T41 you are welcomed by a full-size keyboard and touch pad combined with a trackpoint. Despite its small size, so you do not have to make do on the way as regards imports. Under the hood ... The T41 is the latest model in the T series (which is the T43), and so not the latest technology expect. Below the keyboard is an Intel Pentium M processor 1.4 GHz. It is still the old Banias core with 1 MB cache. Despite the fact that this is an older processor is in normal use, you will not be short of power quickly. The Pentium M structure is particularly powerful and efficient and can keep up with Pentium 4 processors up to about 2.2 GHz. The great advantage of the Pentium M structure is of course the economy of the processor. In low CPU usage, the CPU clocks back for an economical 600 MHz in order to save you. Batteries The processor is complemented with 512MB of memory. More than sufficient at this time to work. Multiple applications , the video portion is provided by an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 with 32MB of dedicated memory. The 7500 is an older graphics solution based on the desktop Radeon 7500. You understand here that you should not expect in terms of 3D performance. Many of the chip The chip supports only DirectX 7 and has two pixel pipelines at his disposal. While this is all very disappointing happens you have to remember that the T41 is a business laptop. Moreover, the benefit of a single chip that there is no video memory is not nibble of the system memory, and that the chip comprises a fast video memory at its disposal. Regarding performance, I can tell that I regularly play Warcraft 3 on the T41 and that this goes smoothly at 1024x768. 's hard drive in my T41 is a 30 GB version. Not to mention that big by today's standards, but enough to take on the go. You contribute Unfortunately you do not have the full 30 GB available to you because there are about 3 GB is used by the restore partition from IBM. Through this partition, you can always put the original installation again. What makes this disc the weakest link in the system is the low speed of 4200 RPM. While this is fairly common for laptops this makes the system slower when starting programs or Windows. I would have liked a faster 5400 RPM drive as seen in many Thinkpads is included. The T41 features an Ultrabay Slim drive, a Media Bay which all kinds of parts can be stopped. Then could include an optical drive, an additional hard drive or even an extra battery. In my copy 8x/24x a DVD player. Was Nowadays, a DVD / CDRW drive or even a DVDRW drive all normal, but typical use is a DVD drive certainly adequate. In systems which are mainly used mobile is the need for a burner anyway very small, and I've also never really missed that functionality. The drive itself is quite compact to fit in the thin case and is hot-swappable for anything else. My model T41 standard did not have a wireless LAN card, but did have the necessary antennas built into the display, and an empty MiniPCI slot. Through the internet, I bought a Philips 802.11a/b/g card and built it themselves. IBM attempts by preventing cards from IBM not be built. Bios lock Note here so if you want to do this yourself! The installation itself is not a problem. Although it is not officially a CRU (Customer Replaceable Unit) is delivered is a complete technical manual on the website which you can replace everything that is loose in the laptop and this was also done in 15 minutes. Remember that you can lose it you guarantee! your window on your program The T41 features a 14.1-inch screen. Partly because of this screen, the T41 can remain as compact without compromising too much. Surface The screen in my model has a resolution of 1024x768. This resolution can not now call this time. Laptops today come with SXGA resolution and higher. While this extra resolution on the T41 or a deficiency in order to keep more windows open side by side adjusts the resolution of 1024x768 reasonably well with the size of the screen. Higher resolutions on this screen would all make. Bit harder to read If desired, this laptop can also be supplied with 15 inch screens and / or resolutions of 1400x1050. An additional advantage of this resolution is that some games run smoother and all games support 1024x768, you can not say that laptops nowadays. All resolutions The screen itself is a first class specimen with good brightness and wide horizontal viewing angles so that people beside you all can see well. Ergonomics What immediately strikes you when you are doing the T41 open the full-size keyboard. Thinkpads are known for their great keyboards and the T41 is thus blessed. The keys are nice and big and the "travel" of the keys is perfect. This means you can just as quickly and comfortably as at home typing on the move. The layout is well thought out. The insert page down block is a place to find intuitive and the cursor keys. The cursor keys even have dimples so you can find without looking at the keys. The layout is well thought out your brand also eg the shortcut for the ThinkLight, a small LED above the screen that you can relieve keys. These are namely the combination of the links below, the fn key, and the right button. Key And now tell me, what keys you can find it easily in the dark? The disadvantage of the fn key at the left bottom is that you often this key if you really need to have Ctrl normally sits there. above the standard keys is a row from right to left: an on / off button, a mute button, the buttons to adjust the volume and an Access IBM button (now ThinkVantage) which gives access to an online manual in HTML. Furthermore there are still above the cursor keys back and forward buttons for when browsing on the Internet. 's T41 gives you the choice of a trackpoint and a touchpad to move the pointer. The touchpad works well and has two custom buttons for the left and right mouse buttons. In the middle of the keyboard is still the familiar red trackpoint IBM. The trackpoint is more or less similar to a joystick. While I personally find the touchpad works precisely something has trackpoint its advantages. You can move the pointer while typing without having to move your hands and you can not accidentally select things as happened regularly in a touchpad. The trackpoint has its own mouse buttons plus a middle button that serves as scrolltoggle. Pressing the trackpoint you perform a mouse click. I do this quite often that I get when typing accidentally trackpoint and my cursor to a completely different place wheel. The solution is to reduce the sensitivity, but then again you have to press harder to click. IBM deserves praise for the fact that it gives the user the choice of which option it wants to use without being attached to a method. Moreover, if you make complete use of the other possibility you can give an alternative function such as scrolling or shortcut. Features Since the T41 a business laptop, there are certain features that you should abandon. You have to think of a card reader, FireWire, good speakers (speakers on the T41 are relatively simple, although they can be quite hard) etc. Fortunately again for other features in place that are just as valuable, if not more valuable. The Most connections are located on the left. First you need a PCMCIA card slot for two Type II Be it a Type III. This is extra special when you look at the slimline design of the laptop. In addition, we have the standard headphone and mic jacks and a gigabit ethernet connection. Gigabit Ethernet is currently far from being standard, and this underlines again the business character of the laptop. Furthermore, we have the unnecessary 56K modem, an S-video out (handy to have a divx'je along to watch on your TV) and two USB ports. Two USB ports for today is not really called to be generous, but can just about get by. 's back is very empty the whole left side with a parallel port and the adapter socket. The battery takes the rest of the space. On the right we have still a VGA port and the slimline DVD-ROM player. It is very pleasing that despite the small size nevertheless place is found for an optical drive, so you're not forced to move. Variety of external devices with The drive itself is hot-swappable and can be exchanged for example, an extra battery. The front side houses only the speakers and an FIR port (Fast Infrared). Here, however, it does not stop. The T41 features the first generation of the Active Protection System. This system consists of a sensor which can detect shocks and fall within a few milliseconds and the head of the disk drive to park in order to prevent data loss. The T41 also has a built-in security chip that enables hardware security. The encryption keys are stored in the chip as a safe (much safer than the standard security of XP that everything stops in the registry) and makes it possible to replace a master passphrase. All the passwords on your laptop The above two features are incorporated into very few notebooks at this time, especially the more expensive models (Toshiba Tecra series and the more expensive models of the Dell Latitude series). also have the top of your screen. available to the familiar ThinkLight light This is particularly useful if you are in a dark environment at work, like in bed. Although it is not a spotlight gives more light than your screen and can be seen. All keys a lot better Well thought about IBM and strange that no other manufacturers that have followed. Can it against a jolt? Also this is a point which Thinkpads excel. Not for nothing is often made ​​the comparison with a tank. Of course this is an exaggeration but Thinkpads are still among the most robust notebooks available. Especially the T-series designed for mobile use excel in strength. Instead of cheap plastic like many consumer notebooks, the T41 makes use of a magnesium alloy to protect while the bottom is made ​​of carbon fiber in combination with titanium the screen. The T41 feels very sturdy and it is. You do not suffer from cracking when for example you open the screen as with other laptops sometimes happens. As already mentioned above, the screen is mounted with metal hinges that not only look good but also prolong the life again. The combination of the robust housing and the Active Protection System make the T41 a laptop that can easily take a beating. Heat and sound processor in the T41 is cooled by a heatsink with a small fan. With light use the processor does not need to be top gear continuous fan Be it idle or turning in its lowest position. Will Here the fan almost inaudible. Only in very quiet environments such as a library, you can still hear the fan. But this is not to mention disturbing. If you need full speed, the fan will run regularly in the highest position. This is unavoidable since the T41 by its smaller body just needs to do to hit. All heat lost more trouble The highest position is clearly audible but is quieter than a opspinnende DVD drive. So far I've only when playing Warcraft III had here last, but drowns out the sound of the game, yet the fan . The hard drive is very quiet and only slightly audible if it is dead quiet around you. The DVD player is as expected more noise when spin coating, but fortunately there is an option to slow you down. DVD player artificial This can be especially useful if you want to play on the go. Movies The T41 remains under stress pretty cool. The only place that my T41 is pretty hot is directly below the touchpad, but it is not unpleasant to the touch. The rest of the enclosure is just cold. This is partly due to the material used to insulate heat well. Mobility As said, the T41 a manageable size combined with low weight of 2.2 kg. This makes it particularly suitable for those who regularly use their mobile laptop. In my case, I can easily take it from a college to another without me to lug broken. But this would make little difference, of course, if the battery but it was short. Fortunately, I can say that the T41 also excels here. The battery for the T-series is available in three versions. A standard 6-cell battery, a 9-cell extended battery and an additional battery LiPoly you can stop. Bay in the DVD-ROM drive In my model was the standard 6-cell battery. The advantage is that the battery is lighter than the 9-cell version and does not protrude beyond the housing. Yet it can be worked hours on this standard version. With light use - occasionally wireless LAN standard office use - the battery can be four hours. The condition is that you have the brightness of the screen to position three sets (max. six). Heavier use - lots of wireless LAN and regular CPU at full speed - reduced mobility to about 2.5-3 hours. These are excellent values ​​and I have not yet recognized the need to buy. 9-cell version This would be a time of five hours and should be higher. Possible Software As befits a business laptop is standard Windows XP Professional included. IBM provides software itself still own them that working with the T41 should sweeten. The usefulness of these programs is very useful to useless. A program that jumps out is the Access Connections software. This program replaces the XP software including wireless LAN. The beauty of Access Connections is that you can set to any location where you regularly profiles. So you can create a profile for your college / work, one for home and one for maybe a friend. Each profile has its own network settings and you can set including a separate home page for IE, to start a program in this profile will automatically disable either file and printer sharing. What's even great is that you have multiple network adapters can assign a profile and who can assign priorities eg in speed. Are you connected wireless home and plug your Ethernet cable, you are automatically switched to the faster wired LAN and the wireless adapter is disabled. Very nice. Also, the ability to use Windows configuration software still used for a particular profile is quite convenient. At my uni, eg to use a separate program for you to authenticate with the network. Unfortunately Access Connections does not have to leave this program the settings for this profile on Windows, I was able to network. The disadvantage of many programs is that there is much to be started at boot time and that makes the T41 unnecessarily slow. During use, you in the Task Manager that there are many processes are open. Fortunately components can be uninstalled although whether it should be submitted. Functionality choice Conclusion You notice that I am very pleased with the Thinkpad T41. It is a small and light notebook and the no-nonsense look really appeals to me. Although the T41 does not jump out in terms of performance and features to be said that what is needed is simply present and this is amply compensated. Other areas The T41 is one of the most robust notebooks, the presence of Gigabit LAN and two PCMCIA slots, Active Protection System and excellent ergonomics. All this and more make the T41 your best friend go. Of course, the T41 is not perfect. The screen resolution of 1024x768 is not of this time and this limits your space considerably if you often work with large documents or multiple windows. Additionally, the capacity and the speed of the disk have been disappointing. The minus points are actually on my version of the T41 as there are also models with a faster hard disk and a higher resolution. The last drawback is the high price that must be paid. A new T41 For many people a cheaper model from Dell will be much more attractive. Given the T41 at this time as well as no longer available, the closest version will be the T43. This example adds support for the new Intel Sonoma platform and will therefore in terms of performance score significantly higher than my model. Altogether the T41 to mention, especially if you have to buy it for a relatively low price is an absolute must like me. Are you looking for a decent notebook for the road and you will go there regularly exercised, deserves the T41 and T-series in general certainly get your attention. On the right we have still a VGA port and the slimline DVD-ROM player. It is very pleasing that despite the small size nevertheless place is found for an optical drive, so you're not forced to move. Variety of external devices with The drive itself is hot-swappable and can be exchanged for example, an extra battery. The front side houses only the speakers and an FIR port (Fast Infrared). Here, however, it does not stop. The T41 features the first generation of the Active Protection System. This system consists of a sensor which can detect shocks and fall within a few milliseconds and the head of the disk drive to park in order to prevent data loss. The T41 also has a built-in security chip that enables hardware security. The encryption keys are stored in the chip as a safe (much safer than the standard security of XP that everything stops in the registry) and makes it possible to replace a master passphrase. All the passwords on your laptop The above two features are incorporated into very few notebooks at this time, especially the more expensive models (Toshiba Tecra series and the more expensive models of the Dell Latitude series). also have the top of your screen. available to the familiar ThinkLight light This is particularly useful if you are in a dark environment at work, like in bed. Although it is not a spotlight gives more light than your screen and can be seen. All keys a lot better Well thought about IBM and strange that no other manufacturers that have followed. Can it against a jolt? Also this is a point which Thinkpads excel. Not for nothing is often made ​​the comparison with a tank. Of course this is an exaggeration but Thinkpads are still among the most robust notebooks available. Especially the T-series designed for mobile use excel in strength. Instead of cheap plastic like many consumer notebooks, the T41 makes use of a magnesium alloy to protect while the bottom is made ​​of carbon fiber in combination with titanium the screen. The T41 feels very sturdy and it is. You do not suffer from cracking when for example you open the screen as with other laptops sometimes happens. As already mentioned above, the screen is mounted with metal hinges that not only look good but also prolong the life again. The combination of the robust housing and the Active Protection System make the T41 a laptop that can easily take a beating. Heat and sound processor in the T41 is cooled by a heatsink with a small fan. With light use the processor does not need to be top gear continuous fan Be it idle or turning in its lowest position. Will Here the fan almost inaudible. Only in very quiet environments such as a library, you can still hear the fan. But this is not to mention disturbing. If you need full speed, the fan will run regularly in the highest position. This is unavoidable since the T41 by its smaller body just needs to do to hit. All heat lost more trouble The highest position is clearly audible but is quieter than a opspinnende DVD drive. So far I've only when playing Warcraft III had here last, but drowns out the sound of the game, yet the fan . The hard drive is very quiet and only slightly audible if it is dead quiet around you. The DVD player is as expected more noise when spin coating, but fortunately there is an option to slow you down. DVD player artificial This can be especially useful if you want to play on the go. Movies The T41 remains under stress pretty cool. The only place that my T41 is pretty hot is directly below the touchpad, but it is not unpleasant to the touch. The rest of the enclosure is just cold. This is partly due to the material used to insulate heat well. Mobility As said, the T41 a manageable size combined with low weight of 2.2 kg. This makes it particularly suitable for those who regularly use their mobile laptop. In my case, I can easily take it from a college to another without me to lug broken. But this would make little difference, of course, if the battery but it was short. Fortunately, I can say that the T41 also excels here. The battery for the T-series is available in three versions. A standard 6-cell battery, a 9-cell extended battery and an additional battery LiPoly you can stop. Bay in the DVD-ROM drive In my model was the standard 6-cell battery. The advantage is that the battery is lighter than the 9-cell version and does not protrude beyond the housing. Yet it can be worked hours on this standard version. With light use - occasionally wireless LAN standard office use - the battery can be four hours. The condition is that you have the brightness of the screen to position three sets (max. six). Heavier use - lots of wireless LAN and regular CPU at full speed - reduced mobility to about 2.5-3 hours. These are excellent values ​​and I have not yet recognized the need to buy. 9-cell version This would be a time of five hours and should be higher. Possible Software As befits a business laptop is standard Windows XP Professional included. IBM provides software itself still own them that working with the T41 should sweeten. The usefulness of these programs is very useful to useless. A program that jumps out is the Access Connections software. This program replaces the XP software including wireless LAN. The beauty of Access Connections is that you can set to any location where you regularly profiles. So you can create a profile for your college / work, one for home and one for maybe a friend. Each profile has its own network settings and you can set including a separate home page for IE, to start a program in this profile will automatically disable either file and printer sharing. What's even great is that you have multiple network adapters can assign a profile and who can assign priorities eg in speed. Are you connected wireless home and plug your Ethernet cable, you are automatically switched to the faster wired LAN and the wireless adapter is disabled. Very nice. Also, the ability to use Windows configuration software still used for a particular profile is quite convenient. At my uni, eg to use a separate program for you to authenticate with the network. Unfortunately Access Connections does not have to leave this program the settings for this profile on Windows, I was able to network. The disadvantage of many programs is that there is much to be started at boot time and that makes the T41 unnecessarily slow. During use, you in the Task Manager that there are many processes are open. Fortunately components can be uninstalled although whether it should be submitted. Functionality choice Conclusion You notice that I am very pleased with the Thinkpad T41. It is a small and light notebook and the no-nonsense look really appeals to me. Although the T41 does not jump out in terms of performance and features to be said that what is needed is simply present and this is amply compensated. Other areas The T41 is one of the most robust notebooks, the presence of Gigabit LAN and two PCMCIA slots, Active Protection System and excellent ergonomics. All this and more make the T41 your best friend go. Of course, the T41 is not perfect. The screen resolution of 1024x768 is not of this time and this limits your space considerably if you often work with large documents or multiple windows. Additionally, the capacity and the speed of the disk have been disappointing. The minus points are actually on my version of the T41 as there are also models with a faster hard disk and a higher resolution. The last drawback is the high price that must be paid. A new T41 For many people a cheaper model from Dell will be much more attractive. Given the T41 at this time as well as no longer available, the closest version will be the T43. This example adds support for the new Intel Sonoma platform and will therefore in terms of performance score significantly higher than my model. Altogether the T41 to mention, especially if you have to buy it for a relatively low price is an absolute must like me. Are you looking for a decent notebook for the road and you will go there regularly exercised, deserves the T41 and T-series in general certainly get your attention. On the right we have still a VGA port and the slimline DVD-ROM player. It is very pleasing that despite the small size nevertheless place is found for an optical drive, so you're not forced to move. Variety of external devices with The drive itself is hot-swappable and can be exchanged for example, an extra battery. The front side houses only the speakers and an FIR port (Fast Infrared). Here, however, it does not stop. The T41 features the first generation of the Active Protection System. This system consists of a sensor which can detect shocks and fall within a few milliseconds and the head of the disk drive to park in order to prevent data loss. The T41 also has a built-in security chip that enables hardware security. The encryption keys are stored in the chip as a safe (much safer than the standard security of XP that everything stops in the registry) and makes it possible to replace a master passphrase. All the passwords on your laptop The above two features are incorporated into very few notebooks at this time, especially the more expensive models (Toshiba Tecra series and the more expensive models of the Dell Latitude series). also have the top of your screen. available to the familiar ThinkLight light This is particularly useful if you are in a dark environment at work, like in bed. Although it is not a spotlight gives more light than your screen and can be seen. All keys a lot better Well thought about IBM and strange that no other manufacturers that have followed. Can it against a jolt? Also this is a point which Thinkpads excel. Not for nothing is often made ​​the comparison with a tank. Of course this is an exaggeration but Thinkpads are still among the most robust notebooks available. Especially the T-series designed for mobile use excel in strength. Instead of cheap plastic like many consumer notebooks, the T41 makes use of a magnesium alloy to protect while the bottom is made ​​of carbon fiber in combination with titanium the screen. The T41 feels very sturdy and it is. You do not suffer from cracking when for example you open the screen as with other laptops sometimes happens. As already mentioned above, the screen is mounted with metal hinges that not only look good but also prolong the life again. The combination of the robust housing and the Active Protection System make the T41 a laptop that can easily take a beating. Heat and sound processor in the T41 is cooled by a heatsink with a small fan. With light use the processor does not need to be top gear continuous fan Be it idle or turning in its lowest position. Will Here the fan almost inaudible. Only in very quiet environments such as a library, you can still hear the fan. But this is not to mention disturbing. If you need full speed, the fan will run regularly in the highest position. This is unavoidable since the T41 by its smaller body just needs to do to hit. All heat lost more trouble The highest position is clearly audible but is quieter than a opspinnende DVD drive. So far I've only when playing Warcraft III had here last, but drowns out the sound of the game, yet the fan . The hard drive is very quiet and only slightly audible if it is dead quiet around you. The DVD player is as expected more noise when spin coating, but fortunately there is an option to slow you down. DVD player artificial This can be especially useful if you want to play on the go. Movies The T41 remains under stress pretty cool. The only place that my T41 is pretty hot is directly below the touchpad, but it is not unpleasant to the touch. The rest of the enclosure is just cold. This is partly due to the material used to insulate heat well. Mobility As said, the T41 a manageable size combined with low weight of 2.2 kg. This makes it particularly suitable for those who regularly use their mobile laptop. In my case, I can easily take it from a college to another without me to lug broken. But this would make little difference, of course, if the battery but it was short. Fortunately, I can say that the T41 also excels here. The battery for the T-series is available in three versions. A standard 6-cell battery, a 9-cell extended battery and an additional battery LiPoly you can stop. Bay in the DVD-ROM drive In my model was the standard 6-cell battery. The advantage is that the battery is lighter than the 9-cell version and does not protrude beyond the housing. Yet it can be worked hours on this standard version. With light use - occasionally wireless LAN standard office use - the battery can be four hours. The condition is that you have the brightness of the screen to position three sets (max. six). Heavier use - lots of wireless LAN and regular CPU at full speed - reduced mobility to about 2.5-3 hours. These are excellent values ​​and I have not yet recognized the need to buy. 9-cell version This would be a time of five hours and should be higher. Possible Software As befits a business laptop is standard Windows XP Professional included. IBM provides software itself still own them that working with the T41 should sweeten. The usefulness of these programs is very useful to useless. A program that jumps out is the Access Connections software. This program replaces the XP software including wireless LAN. The beauty of Access Connections is that you can set to any location where you regularly profiles. So you can create a profile for your college / work, one for home and one for maybe a friend. Each profile has its own network settings and you can set including a separate home page for IE, to start a program in this profile will automatically disable either file and printer sharing. What's even great is that you have multiple network adapters can assign a profile and who can assign priorities eg in speed. Are you connected wireless home and plug your Ethernet cable, you are automatically switched to the faster wired LAN and the wireless adapter is disabled. Very nice. Also, the ability to use Windows configuration software still used for a particular profile is quite convenient. At my uni, eg to use a separate program for you to authenticate with the network. Unfortunately Access Connections does not have to leave this program the settings for this profile on Windows, I was able to network. The disadvantage of many programs is that there is much to be started at boot time and that makes the T41 unnecessarily slow. During use, you in the Task Manager that there are many processes are open. Fortunately components can be uninstalled although whether it should be submitted. Functionality choice Conclusion You notice that I am very pleased with the Thinkpad T41. It is a small and light notebook and the no-nonsense look really appeals to me. Although the T41 does not jump out in terms of performance and features to be said that what is needed is simply present and this is amply compensated. Other areas The T41 is one of the most robust notebooks, the presence of Gigabit LAN and two PCMCIA slots, Active Protection System and excellent ergonomics. All this and more make the T41 your best friend go. Of course, the T41 is not perfect. The screen resolution of 1024x768 is not of this time and this limits your space considerably if you often work with large documents or multiple windows. Additionally, the capacity and the speed of the disk have been disappointing. The minus points are actually on my version of the T41 as there are also models with a faster hard disk and a higher resolution. The last drawback is the high price that must be paid. A new T41 For many people a cheaper model from Dell will be much more attractive. Given the T41 at this time as well as no longer available, the closest version will be the T43. This example adds support for the new Intel Sonoma platform and will therefore in terms of performance score significantly higher than my model. Altogether the T41 to mention, especially if you have to buy it for a relatively low price is an absolute must like me. Are you looking for a decent notebook for the road and you will go there regularly exercised, deserves the T41 and T-series in general certainly get your attention.