Black, sweet, strong, and firm are my words to describe this black pearl. Although it is not yet mine, but it can be claimed as mine. This peace of art are allowance from my current office (you can see my profile). I am very thanksful for this gift. So, here the review of my Black Pearl (though can not be compared with another MacBook of my friend, Yudi).

Black as the color of IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T43. Sweet as it match my maskulin style. Strong as if it was made a solid metal. Firm as you touch and grasp it. IBM Lenovo T43 is not a new brand of IBM Lenovo ThinkPad Series but it offers you more powerful features for an office capabilities. IBM Lenovo T43 is built with :

• 14.0" SXGA (1400 x 1050) display
• Fingerprint scanner for security
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 802.11 a/b/g internal wireless card
• Intel Pentium M 750 (1.86GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
• 40GB (I can’t get exact information of its RPM)
• 512MB DDR2 SDRAM
• CD-RW/DVD (CD 24x Read, 16x Write) 
• Standard 6-cell battery and optional 9-cell extended life battery
• Ports: 2 USB 2.0, 1 ExpressCard slot, 1 PCMCIA card slot, 56K Modem, Ethernet LAN port, PS2 port, headphone jack, microphone jack, parallel port, VGA out port
• Keyboard lights
• Hard drive shock protection

Will give you enough spaces and capabilities for your office activities.

IBM Lenovo ThinkPad T43 Design

I Love it. The simple yet elegant design of its layout give you confident of your self, an image of a real business man. The most perfect design is its keyboard layout with TouchPad and TrackPoint that match for a guy with big fingers like me. The Keyboard is very soft yet steady. It gives you the perfect melody along the typing, like an old typewriter. TouchPad gives speed on your pointer move. TrackPoint gives you an acurate and precise on your pointer move.The screen is much smaller than my Acer Travelmate 4154 LCi, with more resolution capability.

IBM Lenovo ThinkPad T43 Performance

IBM Lenovo ThinkPad T43 comes with Intel Centrino Mobile 1,86GHz that run in 533MHz FSB and 512MB DDR2 SDRAM memory will give a performance boost on your Windows XP Professional SP2. I don’t have much to say about this matter. All operating system and software in it are deliver by IT OSS of my company. My user policy is only a user previledge with limited access to certain resource. All I can do is only use what have been already installed on the system. If I compare it with my previous notebook, with almost have the same level of hardware spesification, I will say that IBM Lenovo ThinkPad T43 is better than my Acer Travelmate 4154LCi.

IBM Lenovo ThinkPad T43 Battery

This is surely one part of every notebook buyer-to-be to check, the battery. With IBM Lenovo you will get a place holder for an extended battery. I don’t know where and how, I just see the review from other blog. I am disappointed in this part of my Black Pearl. I test how long the battery can endure, it just 1.5 hours for Maximum Performance profile and 2.5 hours for Maximum Battery Life profile. Is it my Black Pearl or maybe that is the way it goes? My ACER 4154LCi is better in battery duration than IBM Lenovo ThinkPad T43, it can stand 2 hours for Maximum Performance profile and 4 Hours for Maximum Battery Life Profile. For this part you should consult to your seller for an actual T43’s battery can stand.

I thank God for this Black Pearl. And many thanks to my friend that have accompanied me to London, because this event then I got this notebook.