Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:17:18 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ThinkPad 3.0GHz: can anybody verify? Message-ID: <20080904181718.GC33782@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <48BF4F43.8000704@ibctech.ca> References: <20080904015322.GA6544@thought.org> <48BF4F43.8000704@ibctech.ca>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 11:00:19PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > Folks, > > > > I'm looking at a 3GHz ThinkPad w/out any OS. It's got > > at most 512M memory and only 40G drive. The guy I'm going to > > have upgrade this l'top thinks it will take a 160GB drive easily. > > Also that the RAM might max out at just 2GB. > > > > Any fellow TP-people onlist who know if my friend is right? > > If you specify the model of the laptop, a quick Google or search on IBM > (Lenovo) website will inform you what the maximum upgrade path on > hardware is on the box. So if this 3GHz was an X-41 or a T-41, there'll be someplace online with the exact specs? Or is there more to the model designation. I have tried to find some specs on upgrade when I had my 600E. Found nothing. > > With the resources the manufacturers put out freely regarding > documentation, I say that if you have someone who *thinks* the ThinkPad > will take certain hardware, you need to walk away, and pay someone > different who knows how to find out _for sure_ what hardware the box can > take, and who will be confident in saying and showing why if asked. > > Once you have a confident hardware tech, then you will be > confident/comfortable spending your money there... > GVood point! I'll find what what this guy's quals are. No sense in blowing $400-500 out the window, then going "Oh, S**t!" gary > > Steve -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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