Selasa, 08 November 2005

Powerful Laptop Recommendations?

I'm looking for a replacement for my aging, circa-2000 IBM Thinkpad a20p, pictured at right. I was wondering if you might have any recommendations? I plan to dual-boot Windows XP and FreeBSD 6.0 on this system. It needs to be powerful as I would like to use it for teaching classes as well. Here are the specs I had in mind:


  • Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 [2.00GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB]

  • 2 GB RAM

  • 60 GB+ 7200 RPM HDD

  • NVIDIA GeForce video, to take advantage of their FreeBSD drivers and avoid ATI

  • Gigabit NIC

  • 802.11b/g is nice, especially if disabled via external switch

  • Bluetooth -- not sure if I need it?

  • Under 7 lbs -- my current laptop is more like a ThinkBrick

  • At least a 14.1" screen; I don't care about widescreens


I like the features of the Toshiba Tecra M3, but the reviews are terrible. I really like the durability and keyboard of my Thinkpad and I worry what other vendors are going to provide. I appreciate your help.

Update: Thank you for all of your comments. I've decided to wait for the arrival of Windows Vista in Q306. By that time I expect to see Intel Virtualization Technology in 64 bit mobile CPUs like the Intel Merom, which will be very helpful for my classroom setup. There's an outside chance I would get a Mac running on Intel as well, if VMware was supported.

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