The ThinkPad T42, a worthy successor to the almostfamous T41 notebook, is the latest in the thin and light series from Lenovo. The ThinkPad laptops have always been appreciated by professionals for their rock solid reliability
coupled with good performance, and the T42 doesn't
disappoint on either count.
Beating at the heart of the T42 is Intel's Centrino
technology, delivering
exceptional performance without
compromising on battery life. The
T42, like all other ThinkPads, has
the same understated design, with
most surfaces finished in black.
Build quality is top notch,
and it oozes from every nook
and corner of the laptop. The
metal hinges that clamp the top
lid are tough nuts to crack and
will take the worst fall without
a scratch.
When it comes to the
configuration, the T42 isn't
spectacular, but has enough
horsepower to get most of your
work done. It comes with a Pentium M processor
running at 1.7 GHz, 512 MB of DDR RAM, a 40 GB
hard drive and a combo drive. The upgrades, though
available, are unreasonably expensive.
The T42 makes do with just two USB ports, a gigabit
Ethernet slot, a modem, two PCMCIA slots, a parallel port, a
serial port and a VGA port for connecting an external
monitor. Frills such as FireWire or Card readers don't make
it to this laptop.
The Lenovo T42 comes preloaded with Windows XP Professional and also boasts of out of the box support for Linux distributions such as RedHat and Suse.
Priced at around Rs 1 lakh, the T42 is our choice for the best executive class laptop one can buy off the shelf.
