ThinkPad T42

the shadow · 13 Oct 2008 at 10:03

I have been given a IBM ThinkPad T42.It is running ubuntu,is it worth putting in another more ram it has 512 at the moment.And what fine things can i do with it ?. Any free games i can get.is it worth putting in bigger HD.

growse · 13 Oct 2008 at 11:50

More RAM = always good. But only if you think it needs it - ie it's sluggish. I had 2GB in a T42 and that was great.

What things to do with it? What would you normally do with a laptop?

Free games? 'apt-cache search game' seems to yield a few results. Load up synaptic and do some searches in there.

Bigger HD? Do you need more space?

sidethink · 13 Oct 2008 at 13:10

T42 is not a bad little laptop at all - IMHO tough as old boots and if you are realistic about what you try and make it do, it will last for ages.

Fevvahz · 13 Oct 2008 at 17:25

I'm running Ubuntu on my T42 with 1GB RAM, I'm looking at doubling it for when I'm faffing with VM's. I've recently replaced the 40GB HDD with a 250GB one.

theheyes · 13 Oct 2008 at 19:44

If you're messing around with VMs the more RAM the better. 250GB sounds plenty to me but everyone's idea of a massive hard drive is different.

masterluke · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:30

I'm running Ubuntu on a T42 and its rock solid.

the shadow · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:47

Yea i think i will keep her and upgrade it 30gig Hd seems so 04 :cool:

Fevvahz · 14 Oct 2008 at 18:13

Aye - the more RAM the better with VM's - the T42's a lovely solid machine and can be picked up for peanuts these days.

Indy500 · 14 Oct 2008 at 18:15

The battery life is supposedly about 8 hours with the 9-cell (isn't that the point of laptops?) so I'd get that.