IBM Lenovo T61P

[soon2b]

Looking for a laptop that I can use for school, as well as poker. I am a secondary education major, if that matters at all. As for poker, I just need the 1900/1200 screen, and it to not be laggy when running the pokersites, pokertracker, pahud, aim, firefox, itunes, etc. Also, security is a big issue. Being at a public university, and having access to a good amount of money via my computer, I am sure you can see why. Thats why I am leaning towards this computer.

Does anyone have experience with these? Please let me know what you think, and if there are better options available. Thanks

Heres the specs
ThinkPad T61 15 Widescreen - 1 Yr Depot Warranty
Description Part number Unit price* Quantity Price*
ThinkPad T61 15 Widescreen - 1 Yr Depot Warranty
Edit 6459CTO $1,943.00 1 $1,943.00
System Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz 800MHz 4MBL2) 1
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 1
Operating System Language: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium US English 1
Display Panel: 15.4 WUXGA TFT 1
System graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB) 1
Total memory: 2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) 1
Keyboards: Keyboard US English 1
Pointing Device: UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Fingerprint Reader 1
Hard Drive: 100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm 1
Optical device: DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim 1
System expansion slots: PC Card Slot & Express Card Slot 1
Card Reader: 4 in 1 Media Card Reader 1
Wireless cards: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN 1
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth PAN 1
Battery: 9 cell Li-Ion Battery 1
Power cord : Country Pack North America 1
Language Pack: Language Pack US English 1
Accessories and options:
3 Year Depot Upgrade with 3 Year ThinkPad Protection 41C9334 $279.00 1 $279.00

[soon2b]

Also, will I be able to hook up a Samsung 204b to this laptop, and get full 1600x1200 resolution? What about higher resolutions for monitors like the 24" samsung, and the 30" dell

[Beavis68]

if the screen is 1900/1200 you shoudnt have a problem with 1600/1200 external.

Ask lenovo about the other stuff. IBM has nothing to do with it anymore as far as I know.

[erbbysam]

Lenovo laptops are the way to go for security... I'm getting an almost identical laptop shipped to me in about a week... this is a pretty perfect setup for multitabling... no comment on the screen resolution though

[soon2b]

I mean, would I be able to have 2 screens going, the laptops, as well as the separate monitor....

[ajml]

Yeah that wont be a problem, you can use your laptop screen and a monitor as well. If you want to use 2 monitors and not the laptop screen I am not sure but you would probably need a docking station.