Originally Posted by temptingf8

Yeah, the T410 goes on sale pretty often, every few months you can get something like 35% off if I remember correctly.

The problem is, I have a good desktop and the old R51 just refuses to die... I can't justify buying a new one

Easy. Do you have a hammer?

Originally Posted by qwerty91

lol. 1) turn on virus scanner...hide icon
2) open up solid edge/auto cad
3) show parents massive lag
4) "i need a new portable computer than can run mandatory programs.."

I've been doing all of my Solid Edge and AutoCAD work for the last 5 years on it, a little laggy but it runs the older versions good enough to get by. A hammer can't kill a Thinkpad!

Heck, I even ran CATIA... somehow. It's a Pentium4M 1.6GHz single core, integrated graphics, upgraded to 1.5GB of RAM and more recently, Windows 7. It is on its second battery and I also upgraded the hard drive.. the original kicks on in an external enclosure.

Originally Posted by qwerty91

lol. 1) turn on virus scanner...hide icon
2) open up solid edge/auto cad
3) show parents massive lag
4) "i need a new portable computer than can run mandatory programs.."

1) Turn on virus scanner/hide icon
2)Open up Solid Edge/AutoCAD
3) Open Photoshop + high-res image, use smudge tool, set size to 2500 pixels, click and drag around the screen in circles for half a minute.
4) Show parents massive lag/frozen application.
5) "I need a new portable computer than can run *cough* mandatory programs *cough* ..."

Have any modern game running in the background and get one of many tools to hide the process =P