I bought the thinkpad R50e new from ebay, when I was looking for a replacement laptop.
Spec - Intel Celeron M 1.4Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 40Gb HDD, DVD-RW/CDRW, WIFI etc.
The first thing I noticed was the build quality, the R50e is a very sturdy machine, compared to laptops I had been looking at the week before in a well known high street computer store.
It feels great to use, the hinges are metal giving the impression of durability. Keyboard is very satisfying to use. The 15inch screen is clear and bright, with no problems what so ever.
The Celeron M processor was clocked at 1.4Ghz, it outperformed my old P4 2.4Ghz laptop in processor benchmarking tests (using SiSoft Sandra), it also is built to be easy on the battery power.
The battery seems to last around 3- 3.5 hours for normal use (web, programming, typing etc), but will run down much faster playing games.
Overall a great machine for the money, Solid Performance, Great Build Quality and battery life. Probably not brilliant for playing games on due to the lack of hi-end 3d graphics card (although the Intel graphics chipset does support Direct3d and open-gl), but a great machine for a business user who needs durability and good battery life and might like to play the odd game ! A++
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(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
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Dec 18th, 2005
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